In a hospitalized patient who is unable to feed orally for more than 6 days, in which of the following clinical situations are we necessarily to use parenteral nutrition?
Paralytic ileus is a failure of intestinal propulsion that appears acutely in the absence of mechanical obstruction; it is secondary to various causes and affects intestinal contractility. Therefore, parenteral administration is necessary.
Cardioembolic stroke with complete neurologic dysphagia.
Cachexia due to chronic empyema in immunocompromised patient.
Prolonged paralytic syndrome.
Advanced Alzheimer's disease with severe risk of bronchial aspiration.
Paralytic ileus is a failure of intestinal propulsion that appears acutely in the absence of mechanical obstruction; it is secondary to various causes and affects intestinal contractility. Therefore, parenteral administration is necessary.