When patients with pancreatitis are able to tolerate enteral feedings, the recommended formula is usually a _____ formula infused into the _____
a. low-fat elemental; jejunum.
b. low-fat elemental; duodenum.
c. high-kcal, high-protein; jejunum.
d. high-kcal, high-protein; duodenum.
A
Enteral feedings for patients with pancreatitis should be low-fat elemental formulas infused into the jejunum to decrease pancreatic stimulation. High-kcal, high-protein formulas and infusion into the duodenum would both increase pancreatic stimulation.
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