A patient was admitted to the ICU department after an intestinal resection surgery due to severe intestinal paralysis, the doctor mentioned that the patient cannot tolerate enteral nutrition feeding due to intestinal fistula, and you were consulted tostart the patient on parenteral nutrition support for a couple of days until case improves. Answer the following questions:1. Which PN route would you choose, and why?2. What are the major lab tests that should be carried prior to PN application?3. Why the amount of electrolytes added to parenteral solutions differs from those of the DRIs?4. The patient is going to receive 1.55 liters of a PN solution that contains 5% amino acids, 40% dextrose, supplemented with200 ml of 30% lipid emulsion. Calculate calories from each nutrient, and then calculate total amount of calories receied from this PN mixture.
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