A patient who is expected to require parenteral nutrition for 7 to 10 days and who requires about 1800 kcal/day is likely to be fed using:
a. central parenteral nutrition.
b. peripheral parenteral nutrition.
c. intermittent parenteral nutrition.
d. enterostomal parenteral nutrition.
Answer: b. peripheral parenteral nutrition.
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