The nurse recognizes the fact that patients with cirrhosis are likely to develop PEM. The nurse should plan to monitor the _____ of a patient with cirrhosis
a. weight
b. meal intake
c. diet-drug interactions
d. lab values
b
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Lipids differ in their degree of saturation or unsaturation due to their number of ____
a. amino acids b. double bonds c. saccharide units d. peptide linkages e. oxygen atoms
Which of the following is NOT a food source of biotin?
A) milk B) legumes C) mushrooms D) egg yolks
Four weeks later, Mr. Martinez returns to the hospital. After an extensive work-up he is found to need surgery due to extensive damage in a portion of his colon. What type of surgery will he have?
a. Diverticulosis b. Colostomy c. Ileostomy d. Stoma
How is a trans fatty acid different from other unsaturated fatty acids? a. A trans fatty acid has at least two hydrogen atoms attached to each carbon atom in the chain
b. At a trans fatty acid's point of unsaturation, the hydrogens are on opposite sides of the carbon chain instead of on the same side. c. A trans fatty acid's carbon chain contains at least one double bond between two carbon atoms instead of all single bonds. d. At a trans fatty acid's point of unsaturation, the hydrogens are on the same side of the carbon chain instead of on opposite sides. e. A trans fatty acid has two additional carbon atoms and two additional hydrogen atoms.