Eighty-year-old Antonio Hernandez has a past medical history of hypertension, elevated cholesterol, and diabetes. He suffers a massive stroke and is stabilized in the CCU (coronary care unit). It is determined that it is unsafe to feed him orally and a tube feeding will be started immediately. For the first 24 hours, Antonio's tube feeding should be delivered by a(n) ____ feeding method.?
A) ?continuous
B) ?daily
C) ?intermittent
D) ?bolus
A
You might also like to view...
Which of the following population groups is at highest risk of iron-deficiency anemia?
A. premature infants B. weight-training athletes C. male college students D. post-menopausal women
What type of organization would you start or join if you wanted to improve the nutritional health of the people in your community?
Diagnostic enzymology focuses on ____
A) ?enzymes that are widely distributed among many tissues B) ?intracellular enzymes that express their activity in the blood abnormally due to a disease process C) ?secreted enzymes such as clotting proteins in blood D) ?nuclear enzymes
Which food would be the best choice for a parent trying to increase fiber in her or his child's diet?
a. energy bar b. broccoli c. apple juice d. white rice e. soy milk