03-02-2007, 10:42 PM
Which of the following patients is LEAST likely to benefit from nutritional support?
A) A 50-year-old female malnourished alcoholic about to undergo lumpectomy for lung cancer
B) A 23-year-old patient hospitalized for management of severe burn injury
C) A 50-year-old man with malnourishment due to pancreatic cancer
D) A 38-year-old woman undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
E) A 45-year-old man with advanced liver failure due to autoimmune hepatitis awaiting liver transplantation
A) A 50-year-old female malnourished alcoholic about to undergo lumpectomy for lung cancer
B) A 23-year-old patient hospitalized for management of severe burn injury
C) A 50-year-old man with malnourishment due to pancreatic cancer
D) A 38-year-old woman undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
E) A 45-year-old man with advanced liver failure due to autoimmune hepatitis awaiting liver transplantation