ASPEN Practice Test Questions and Correct Answers.

Medicare approved indications for home parenteral nutrition include which of the following? a. supplement to enteral nutrition b. end-stage renal disease c. long-term loss of gastrointestinal function d. delayed gastric emptying correct answers c. long-term loss of gastrointestinal function Which of the following is true concerning manganese and patients on long-term parenteral nutrition? a. manganese deficiency occurs in patients on PN for greater than 1 year b. hypermanganesemia has been reported only in patients with cholestasis c. manganese in commercial trace element preparations may result in hypermanganesemia d. the best indicator of manganese status is serum manganese correct answers c. manganese in commercial trace element preparations may result in hypermanganesemia Which of the following are most likely to result in malnutrition of mild to moderate inflammatory response? a. anorexia nervosa b. cancer c. closed head injury d. sepsis correct answers b. cancer In patients with severe acute pancreatitis enteral nutrition has been documented to provide the following benefits over parenteral nutrition EXCEPT: a. decreased infection rate b. decreased hospital length of stay c. decreased pain d. decreased mortality correct answers c. decreased pain Indirect calorimetry calculates: a. total energy expenditure b. nitrogen balance c. heat released from the subject d. resting energy expenditure correct answers d. resting energy expenditure A seven month-old infant fed reconstituted infant formula and other age-appropriate complementary foods may be at risk of over-supplementation with which of the following? a. Vitamin A b. Fluoride c. Vitamin E d. Iron correct answers b. Fluoride Zinc supplementation should be considered for patients: a. with chronic wounds b. with unexplained skin rashes and alopecia