Question 26 · LEK · Nutrition
The indications for total parenteral nutrition include:
1) prolonged intestinal obstruction;
2) sepsis with the infection source in the abdomen;
3) fistula of the proximal small intestine with high secretion;
4) necessity to meet increased metabolic needs after severe trauma;
5) pseudobulbar palsy;
6) coma due to subarachnoid hemorrhage;
7) isolated frostbite of toes.
The correct answer is:
2) sepsis with the infection source in the abdomen;
3) fistula of the proximal small intestine with high secretion;
4) necessity to meet increased metabolic needs after severe trauma;
5) pseudobulbar palsy;
6) coma due to subarachnoid hemorrhage;
7) isolated frostbite of toes.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2,3,4.
- B. 1,2,5,6,7.
- C. 1,3,4.
- D. 1,2,5,7.
- E. 1,3,4,5.
Hint
TPN is for patients whose gut cannot be used; when the gut works but swallowing or consciousness is impaired, tube feeding is preferred.
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