Which of the following patients should have enteral nutrition advanced to goal within the first 24 to 48 hours of hospitalization instead of waiting up to 1 week before instituting enteral nutrition?
A. 24-year-old with history of type I diabetes mellitus now post multitrauma motorcycle crash Wrong Choice!
B. 39-year-old G1P1 with ROSC after arrest due to postpartum hemorrhage Wrong Choice!
C. 76-year-old with a history of COPD and hypertension with urosepsis and renal failure Correct Choice
D. 85-year-old with a history of a lung nodule now post right lower lobe lobectomy Wrong Choice!
Answer:C
Which of the following patients should have enteral nutrition advanced to goal within the first 24 to 48 hours of hospitalization instead of waiting up to 1 week before instituting enteral nutrition?
A. 24-year-old with history of type I diabetes mellitus now post multitrauma motorcycle crash Wrong Choice! B. 39-year-old G1P1 with ROSC after arrest due to postpartum hemorrhage Wrong Choice! C. 76-year-old with a history of COPD and hypertension with urosepsis and renal failure Correct Choice D. 85-year-old with a history of a lung nodule now post right lower lobe lobectomy Wrong Choice!