TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Endoscopic Placement of Feeding Tubes A1 - Soo, Isaac A1 - Schattner, Mark A2 - Oropello, John M. A2 - Pastores, Stephen M. A2 - Kvetan, Vladimir Y1 - 1 N1 - T2 - Critical Care AB - Nutritional support is an important component of care for the critically ill. There are numerous modalities to provide specialized nutrition support including oral dietary therapy, enteral nutrition, and parenteral nutrition. For patients with a functioning gastrointestinal (GI) tract, enteral nutrition is preferred to parenteral nutrition. It is safer, more physiologic, and economical. In the intensive care unit (ICU) setting, enteral nutrition is associated with a decreased likelihood of developing infections when compared to parenteral nutrition.1 In patients with acute pancreatitis, use of enteral nutrition is also associated with a reduction in hospital length of stay and a trend toward reduced organ failure when compared to parenteral nutrition.2 Patients who have a functioning GI tract but are unable to safely ingest oral intake are fed via enteral access. In patients in whom long-term enteral access is required, endoscopically placed enteral access is recommended. Percutaneous endoscopically placed gastrostomy (PEG) and jejunostomy (PEJ) tubes are utilized for long-term enteral nutrition. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1136419721 ER -