In order to minimize fecal volume a patient may be placed on

In order to minimize fecal volume, a patient may be placed on a ______ diet prior to surgery. low sodium high-kcalorie, high-protein high-protein diet fat-restricted low fiber

Solution

Choice 2 is correct.

Reason: When a patient is required to minimize fecal content, he/she should be given minimized digestible food and maximum concentrated food which contains optimum to high amount of calories and high proteins. This can be accomplished by ingesting liquid diet or supplementation by drips or medication. Such procedures are performed mostly pre-operatively in patients. This not only helps in managing the digestive status of the patient, but also maintains the calorie intake and physiological homeostasis simultaneouly. Further, the amount of liquid intake remains unrestricted most of the times in order to avoid dehydration.

Thus, a high-calorie-high-protein diet helps in minimizing fecal content formation in a pateint.