A Patient Has Undergone Several Gut Resections Because of Cancer

question 21

Multiple Choice

A patient has undergone several gut resections because of cancer and is unlikely to resume adequate oral intake of nutrients.The best way to feed this patient would be via

• A) central parenteral nutrition.
• B) peripheral parenteral nutrition.
• C) a PEG tube.
• D) jejunal enteral feedings.

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