What is the main purpose of placing a gastrostomy tube in a veterinary patient?
Correct answer: B. Provide enteral nutrition when oral intake is not possible
- A. Deliver oxygen directly into the stomach
- B. Provide enteral nutrition when oral intake is not possible
- C. Permanently prevent gastric acid secretion
- D. Replace the function of the urinary bladder
Explanation
A gastrostomy tube permits feeding directly into the stomach when swallowing or oral intake is unsafe, while gastrointestinal function remains adequate. It is not an oxygen tube and does not replace urinary or gastric secretory functions.
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