Tag: Gut function

According to a survey of critical care professionals, 74% consider transitioning from Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) to be complete when a patient can tolerate 60–75% of their enteral diet. Understanding how to know when to stop TPN is a complex medical decision guided by a patient's underlying condition, gastrointestinal function, and the ability to tolerate other forms of nutrition. The process requires careful medical supervision to prevent complications like hypoglycemia.

Over the last 30 years, enteral nutrition has developed continuously, solidifying its role as the nutritional support method of choice for patients with a functioning gastrointestinal tract. Enteral nutrition is preferred over parenteral nutrition because enteral nutrition helps stimulate or maintain normal gut function, providing significant physiological, safety, and cost benefits.