Patients with short bowel syndrome sometimes require parenteral nutrition support to achieve adequate intakes of nutrients and kcals. It is important for them to return to enteral feedings as soon as possible to prevent
a. loss of sense of taste.
b. loss of lean body mass.
c. atrophy of the intestinal tract.
d. essential fatty acid deficiency.
C
It is important for patients with short bowel syndrome to return from parenteral to enteral feed-ings as soon as possible to prevent atrophy of the intestinal tract. Sense of taste is not usually af-fected by use of parenteral nutrition. Lean body mass and essential fatty acid status are main-tained as long as adequate nutrients are administered.
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