Who is the most appropriate candidate for parenteral nutrition?

a. a 12 year old girl coming in for an appendectomy
b. a middle aged woman who will begin chemotherapy
c. an elderly lady with emphysema
d. a young man going for gallbladder surgery


Answer: b. a middle aged woman who will begin chemotherapy

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