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A Patients Enteral Feedings Have Been Determined to Be Too HCl\mathrm{HCl}

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A patients enteral feedings have been determined to be too concentrated based on the patients development of dumping syndrome. What physiologic phenomenon caused this patients complication of enteral feeding?


A) Increased gastric secretion of HCl\mathrm{HCl} and gastrin because of high osmolality of feeds
B) Entry of large amounts of water into the small intestine because of osmotic pressure
C) Mucosal irritation of the stomach and small intestine by the high concentration of the feed
D) Acidbase imbalance resulting from the high volume of solutes in the feed

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