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any food in the digestive tract is going to stimulate the pancreas, causing pain, and possibly damage, to someone with pancreatitis.
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[color=#483d8b]some foods may stimulate it more than others, and some patients may be allowed to have some po intake. it depends on the doc's preferences, how high the enzymes are, and how much inflamation is evident on ct.
check for guidelines on care at http://www.guidelines.gov
WOW it amazes me how some people don't get the same education. Shouldn't you have learn this in school?? I am not trying to put you down but I am curious why your school didn't mention it. ???:idea:
Where I went to school, med surg was taken for two semesters. Pacreatitis was part of the content covered in the second med surg semester. The instructors tried to assign students to patients with conditions relevant to the current topics covered in the lecture portion of the class but sometimes students would have to take patients with conditions not yet covered.
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acute pancreatitis: No fat or protiens is easy. Why no simple liquids?
Anyone?
Found one reference that said po liquids as tolerated, the rest say NPO. My pt is NPO, wants to know why, and I don't have a good answer.