True about TPN:: (A) Carbohydrate forms about 40% of energy source, (B) In abdominal injury early parenteral nutrition should be started, (C) Proteins forms 60% of energy source, (D) Lipids provide 20% of energy
Answer is D. Enteral versus parenteral feeding. Effects on septic morbidity after blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma.
In pt. with an abdominal injury, enteral nutrition is preferred over TPN.
The above-referred articles write that in the comparative study between TPN and TEN (Total Enteral Nutrition) it was found that- "There is a significantly lower incidence of septic morbidity in patients fed enterally after blunt and penetrating trauma, with most of the significant changes occurring in the more severely injured patients."