Question ???

[Guest guest]

Hi,

After reading the posts about TPN I was wondering if anyone uses NJ

tubes for feeding (Nasal duodenum) which bypasses the Pancreas and

goes directly in to the duodenum. But you can have more calories and

it has a lesser rate of infection. My partner was fed on TPN but

when his veins packed up and his central line and Hickmans kept

getting infection they fed him NJ for over 5 months. I was just

wondering if this was a UK thing.

I know it sounds a stupid question but it is the only way I can learn

as much as I can about this illness.

Thank you for reading.

Take care

Vicky

[Guest guest]

NG naso gastric tubes are used a lot in the hospital setting to

decompress the stomach and intestines after a procedure. J-tubes

and G-tubes are used more on an out patient basis. They are

sugically implated into the stomach( G)or into the jejunom (J)(sp?)

from what I understand they are a lesser avenue for infection. I

have had no feeding tubes placed in my self, just from what I have

read and seen in my patients. And that info is very limited and

some what biased. However they are a surgical procedure and that

must be taken into consideration.

In pancreatitis , " vicky_ald2000 " <victoria@m...>

wrote:

> Hi,

>

> After reading the posts about TPN I was wondering if anyone uses

NJ

> tubes for feeding (Nasal duodenum) which bypasses the Pancreas and

> goes directly in to the duodenum. But you can have more calories

and

> it has a lesser rate of infection. My partner was fed on TPN but

> when his veins packed up and his central line and Hickmans kept

> getting infection they fed him NJ for over 5 months. I was just

> wondering if this was a UK thing.

>

> I know it sounds a stupid question but it is the only way I can

learn

> as much as I can about this illness.

>

> Thank you for reading.

>

> Take care

>

> Vicky