Get ready for this "Total Parenteral Nutrition TPN-IV Quiz. " Parenteral nutrition is the feeding of nutritional products to a person intravenously, bypassing the usual process of eating and digestion. It is used to help people who can't or shouldn't get their core nutrients from food; the person gets to receive nutritional formulae that contain nutrients and dietary minerals. Test your understanding of this by taking the quiz below. Best of luck to you!
Achieve catabolism
Generate the formation of ketone bodies
Achieve anabolism
Create necessary branched-chain amino acids to stimulate hyperosmolar syndrome
Coma, citrate toxicity, and bowel surgery
Renal failure, prolonged ileus, and gastrocutaneous fistulas
Hepatic failure, hypermetabolic states, and malabsorption of enteral therapy
Filtration, multiple trauma, and conditions requiring bowel rest
Dextrose
Fructose
Invert sugar
Lactose
Alpha globulins
Casein amino acids
Free amino acids
Immunoglobulins
Electrolytes, trace elements, and vitamins
Antifungal agents, electrolytes, and vitamins
Electrolytes, antihistamine antagonists, and vitamins
Citrate preservative, electrolytes, and vitamins
50% dextrose
Branched-chain amino acids
Lipids
Selenium
Designed for acutely stressed patients.
Used for therapies of 6 to 12 weeks.
Crystalline amino acids used are within the 2-5% range.
Standard dextrose concentration is usually 20%.
2-4
6-10
8-12
12-18
Sepsis, glucose intolerance, and electrolyte imbalances
Cachexia, glucose intolerance, and essential fatty acid deficiency
Lipoid nephrosis, glucose intolerance, and electrolyte imbalances
Glucose intolerance, electrolyte imbalances, and essential fatty acid deficiency
Anticoagulants
Histamine blockers
Insulin
Sodium lactate
Essential fatty acid deficiency
Hyperlipemia
Hyperosmolar syndrome
Hypoglycemia
0.22u
1.2u
2.5u
5u
With each container of fluid
Every 24 hours
Every 48 hours
Every 72 hours
Monitoring lipemia clearance on a weekly basis
Using only central venous access for the infusion
Testing urine for glycosuria every 6 hours
Using non-PVC tubing
In the central supply department
Under a laminar flow hood in the pharmacy
In a clean medication room on the nursing division
At the patient's bedside
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