If a Patient Cannot Eat, but His or Her GI

question 33

Multiple Choice

If a patient cannot eat, but his or her GI tract is working, the patient would be fed using:

• A) an oral diet.
• B) enteral tube feeding.
• C) a peripheral vein feeding.
• D) total parenteral nutrition.

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Definitions:

Predominant Form

The most stable or frequently occurring form of a molecule under given conditions.

Lysine

An essential amino acid required for growth and tissue repair, not synthesized by the body and must be obtained from the diet.

Biological pH

A measure of the hydrogen ion concentration within biological systems, critical for maintaining life's biochemical processes.

Aqueous Solution

A solution in which the solvent is water.