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2024 NAPLEX CALCULATIONS III PARENTERAL & ENTERAL NUTRITION EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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2024 NAPLEX CALCULATIONS III PARENTERAL & ENTERAL NUTRITION EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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2024 NAPLEX CALCULATIONS IIIPARENTERAL & ENTERAL
NUTRITION EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
at what point do you start to consider parenteral nutrition? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSwhen pt can't tolerate enteral nutrition for at least five days
what is the caloric content of dextrose monohydrate - CORRECT-
ANSWERS3.4 kcal/gram (close to the 4 kcal/gram for carbs in general)
what its he caloric content of injectable lipid emulsion 20% - CORRECT-
ANSWERS2 kcal/ml
(10% is 1.1 kcal/ml, 30% is 3 kcal/ml)
why do some people not include calories from protein in total calories when
calculating parenteral nutrition calories? - CORRECT-ANSWERScritically ill
patients are in a catabolic state, so they are breaking down protein faster
than they can use it. "protein-sparing" is when you provide all the needed
calories from carbs/lipids, thereby sparing the included proteins to be used
for muscles
what is the nitrogen content in protein? what is this used for? - CORRECT-
ANSWERS1 gram of Nitrogen / 6.25 grams of protein
(aka 16%)
used for calculating the ratio of non-protein calories:nitrogen
Aminosyn, FreAmine, Travasol, TrophAmine, Clinisol are all examples of what
- CORRECT-ANSWERSamino acid formulations
how many calories does the glucose (dextrose monohydrate) in parenteral
nutrition provide? - CORRECT-ANSWERS3.4 kcal/gram
true or false, lipids must be given daily for parenteral nutrition? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSfalse
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