What will further increase metabolic demands in a burn client with a 25% TBSA burn scheduled for multiple surgeries?
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Correct answer: Repeated wound closure and grafting procedures
Surgical interventions and wound closure procedures increase metabolic demands further due to increased tissue repair and stress, thus raising nutritional needs.
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