The Patient Is Unable to Eat and There Are No

question 17

Multiple Choice

The patient is unable to eat and there are no bowel sounds,indicating that his bowels are not functioning.The best approach to providing nourishment would be:

• A) intravenous crystalloids.
• B) blood product administration.
• C) parenteral nutrition (PN).
• D) colloid administration.

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Definitions:

Sex Chromosomes

Chromosomes responsible for determining the biological sex of an organism, notably the X and Y chromosomes in mammals that govern male and female traits.

Population Percentage

A numerical representation that shows a part of the total population as a percentage of the whole.

23rd Chromosome

Refers to one of a pair of chromosomes in humans that determines an individual's sex; females have two X chromosomes, males have one X and one Y chromosome.