COMPONENTS OF TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION
Total parenteral nutrition should provide both energy and other essential nutrients.
Carbohydrates, lipids and amino acids provide energy.
The other essential nutrients to be included are: minerals, vitamins and water.
Dietary fiber is required only in case of enteral nutrition. It is not given as a part of parenteral nutrition.
- Which one of the following soft tissue sarcomas frequently metastasizes to lymph nodes?
A. Fibrosarcoma
B. Osteosarcoma
C. Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma
D. Alveolar soft part sarcoma
Correct answer : C. Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a soft tissue sarcoma which frequently metastasizes to lymph nodes.
- The earliest manifestation of increased intracranial pressure following head injury is:
A. Ipsilateral pupillary dilatation
B. Contralateral pupillary dilatation
C. Altered mental status
D. Hemiparesis
Correct answer : C. Altered mental status
- Sclerotherapy is ideal for treatment of
A. External hemorrhoids
B. Internal hemorrhoids
C. Prolapsed hemorrhoids
D. Strangulated hemorrhoids
Correct answer : B. Internal hemorrhoids
Sclerotherapy is ideal for treatment of internal haemorrhoids. (first degree with bleeding and early second degree haemorrhoids)