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Chelsea was admitted with a moderate traumatic brain injury from a GCS score of 10. She had edema and bleeding in her frontal lobe seen on MRI. She was at risk of weight loss from her injury-induced hypermetabolism. Her feeding of Nutren Jr was initially meeting her calorie and protein needs, but was held one evening due to a high gastric residual to prevent aspiration, which could lead to pneumonia. Her situation was likely handled by holding her feeding for over an hour until her residual decreased before
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