Mrs. P is an 85-year-old female who is a resident of a long-term care facility. The wound nurse was doing her rounds and noticed that Mrs. P had developed an open ulcer with a partial thickness loss of dermis and a red-pink wound bed on the side of her hip. She is 5'2" and weighs 52 kilograms with no known gastrointestinal or autoimmune issues. The wound nurse schedules a nutrition consultation

for Mrs. P and discusses her findings with you.What supplement could benefit wound healing by increasing collagen deposition, improving nitrogen balance, and enhancing several parameters of immune function?
a. arginine
b. lysine
c. vitamin E
d. vitamin K
e. iron


a

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