If a patient receiving fat-free parenteral nutrition develops eczema, the patient may have

a. vitamin C deficiency.
b. essential fatty acid deficiency.
c. protein-energy malnutrition.
d. phospholipid and sterol deficiency.


B
In a patient receiving fat-free parenteral nutrition, eczema may be a sign of essential fatty acid deficiency. Vitamin C deficiency is not affected by fat intake; symptoms include bleeding gums and breakdown of scar tissue. Eczema is not a sign of protein-energy malnutrition. The body makes phospholipids and sterol and so deficiency does not occur.

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