BOF:
137
A 40
year old man is admitted to the respiratory ward for further investigations of
cough and loss of weight. He is diagnosed as having tuberculosis and is
commenced on antimicrobial therapy. As he is cachectic a decision is made to
feed him enterally using a nasogastric tube.
After commencing naso-enteral feeding in this patient which one of the
following would you monitor?
a)
Potassium levels
b)
Bicarbonate levels
c)
Phosphate levels
d)
Haemoglobin levels
e)
Calcium levels