True about TPN:

A. Carbohydrate forms about 40% of energy source

B. In abdominal injury early parenteral nutrition should be started

C. Proteins forms 60% of energy source

D. Lipids provide 20% of energy

Correct Answer: Lipids provide 20% of energy

Description: Enteral versus parenteral feeding. Effects on septic morbidity after blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma. In pt. with an abdominal injury, enteral nutrition is preferred over TPN. The above-referred articles write that in the comparative study between TPN and TEN (Total Enteral Nutrition) it was found that- "There is a significantly lower incidence of septic morbidity in patients fed enterally after blunt and penetrating trauma, with most of the significant changes occurring in the more severely injured patients."

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