Patients with which conditions would benefit from enteral feedings? (Select all that apply.)
a. Burns of face, chest, and neck
b. Cerebral palsy with severe dysphagia
c. Crohn's disease
d. Facial fractures
e. Gluten enteropathy
f. Stroke
ANS: B, D, F
Patients with an intact, functioning gastrointestinal tract will benefit from enteral nutrition. Patients with extensive burns will need total parenteral nutrition (TPN) to prevent negative nitrogen balance. Patients with Crohn's disease and gluten enteropathy have malabsorption problems and will need TPN.
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