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
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