A nursing assistant works with three patients who need different feeding tubes. Emilio is having digestive failure; he is unable to eat or process any food. Rei is having trouble swallowing, but her digestive system functions well.
Arden's stomach lining has ulcers and he is unable to digest food without pain.
Which describes the tubes each patient would most likely have?
Emilio requires parenteral nutrition, Rei requires a naso-gastric tube, and Arden requires percutaneous
endoscopic gastrostomy.
Emilio requires parenteral nutrition, Rei requires gastrostomy, and Arden requires jejunostomy.
Emilio requires enteral nutrition, Rei requires percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, and Arden requires
jejunostomy.
Emilio requires enteral nutrition, Rei requires gastrostomy, and Arden requires a naso-enteral tube.
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A92-year-old man with a 45-year history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is intubated in the icu because of a bout of viral pneumonia that fails to improve after 72 hours of antibiotics. although the inspired fraction of oxygen is 100%, the patient's po2 remains at 57 mmhg. positive-end expiratory pressure (peep) is added to allow the inspired fraction of oxygen. twelve hours after the introduction of peep the patient suddenly become hypotensive. at the same time, his oxygen saturation drops from 92% to 61%. on physical examination, his bp is 80/50 mmhg and his pulse is 124/min. he has distended neck veins and distant heart sounds. which of the following would also most likely be seen on this patient's physical examination? - absence of breath sounds in the right hemithorax- high amplitude carotid artery upstroke- a pleural friction rub- pulsus alternans- splenomegaly