Exam 16: Nutrition in Metabolic and Respiratory Stress

Mark is a 23-year-old firefighter who experienced severe burns while fighting a house fire.The nurse recognizes the fact that he may benefit from supplements of _____ to reduce the risk of infection.

The high nutrient requirements of acutely stressed patients often require a patient to be fed via the enteral or parenteral route to meet his or her nutritional needs.

Matching

The nurse recognizes all of the following as the classic signs of inflammation except:

Which amino acid may have beneficial effects on the immune response of postoperative patients?

Estimate the energy needs of a nonobese patient with sepsis who weighs 180 pounds.

When pulmonary edema is present, a patient requires:

If Kati's enteral feeding is not providing adequate energy and protein to meet her nutritional needs, she will experience:

Nutrition support plays a role in the therapy for MODS in all of the following ways except:

Nutrition care for patients in acute respiratory failure is aimed at providing a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet.