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Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) – enteral tube feeding that occurs outside of the hospital, administered by parents/carers or patients themselves.

It contains two entry points (ports) - a gastric port which opens into the stomach, and jejunal port which opens into the jejunum

Gastrojejunal Tube (G-J) - a low profile balloon device inserted through an existing gastrostomy by interventional radiology which extends to the jejunum.

Dumping Syndrome – rapid gastric emptying where food moves through the small bowel too quickly, resulting in a number of symptoms such as nausea, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps.

Closed Feeding System – a feeding system whereby a sterile feeding container is spiked with a feeding set, to prevent contamination of the feed during administration.

To provide a framework for clinical consistency in the management of jejunal feeding at the Royal Children’s Hospital. This type of feeding is also known as post-pyloric or trans-pyloric feeding.

The feeding tube is passed into the stomach, through the pylorus and into the jejunum.

Jejunal feeding is the method of feeding directly into the small bowel.