Types of nutritional support
1
Relative contraindications to early enteral feeding include all but which one of the following?
Intractable nausea and vomitting
Pulmonary disease
Bowel obstruction
Severe acute pancreatitis
2
A short term route of enteral nutrition is:
Gastrostomy
Jenjunostomy
Peripheral
Nasogastric
3
Which is the preferred method of nutritional support?
EN
PN
Combination feeding
None of the above
4
Potential benefits of enteral nutrition include all of the following except
Gut integrity is maintained
Cost of formula is less
Nutrients are metabolized less effectively
Less risk of gut related sepsis
5
Parenteral nutrition should only be used in patients who are
Hemodynamically stable
Able to tolerate the fluid volume
Unable to meet their goals enterally
All of the above