A critically ill 72-year-old patient admitted to ICU with sepsis is started on nutritional support within 24 hours of admission despite hemodynamic instability being gradually corrected. Assertion (A): Early initiation of enteral feeding in critically ill patients improves clinical outcomes, including reduced infection rates and shorter ICU stay. Reason (R): Early enteral feeding maintains intestinal mucosal integrity, prevents bacterial translocation, and modulates systemic immune responses.

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Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

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