A patient with severe acute pancreatitis experiences nausea and vomiting and requires 2500 calories/day. Which of the following would you recommend?

a. 300OCC of a 1 cal/cc tube feeding through the jejunum
b. 1500CC of a 2 cal/cc nasogastric tube feeding
c. lOOOCcofDsoW, iooocc of 7% amino acids, 650 cc of 20% lipids
d. iooocc of D50W, iooocc of 7% amino acids, 5000c of 10% lipids


Ans: d. iooocc of D50W, iooocc of 7% amino acids, 5000c of 10% lipids

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