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Nutrition interventions to ease the symptoms of nausea include ________.

 Anosmia is loss of 

Which of the following statements are true pertaining to patients who are experiencing acute stress and have severe hyperglycemia? 

 Athletes abuse erythropoietin (EPO) because this hormone 

A 53-year old administrative assistant recently underwent sleeve gastrectomy surgery to treat her obesity and weight-related problems: diabetes and hypertension. Ms. Wilson will need nutrition education before being discharged from the hospital.  What best describes the above patient’s procedure? 

A 19-year old female has suffered a head injury with multiple broken bones in a motorcycle accident and is currently in a coma, on a mechanical ventilator and is receiving enteral nutrition. What kind of complication is most closely associated with hyper metabolism as a result of stress?

If you inoculate a Kligler Iron tube with bacteria and the bottom of the tube turns yellow this indicates:

The energy density of most enteral formulas is between _______.

 A pole vaulter keeps track of his position in mid-air through 

The most effective medications for decreasing gastric acid for patients who experience GERD are ______.