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FSHN 450- Unit 1
Question | Answer |
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4 moral principles governing behavior of health care professionals | autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, justice |
Nancy Cruzan case | family wanted feeding tube removed, hospital removed |
feeding should be initiated... | immediately upon achieving medical stability |
feeding can be discontinued at a later date... | if authorized by the individual/ indicated w/ permanent unconsciousness |
terminally ill: therapeutic diets should be... | liberalized to all extents (let them enjoy foods they like) |
over-arching ethical responsibility of the RD | knowing how to achieve what is wanted |
1991 patient self-determination act | medicare/medicaid providers must inform patients of their right to prepare advance directives and refuse treatment |
HIPPA | health insurance privacy and portability act; assures confidentiality of medical records |
Dx | diagnosis |
Tx | treatment |
D/C | discharge |
3 benefits of MNT/ parenteral nutrition | prolonged life, improved mental state, prevent further loss of function |
4 costs of MNT/ parenteral nutrition | cost, burden to family, prolonged pain/suffering, risk of infection |
JCAHO | joint commission on accreditation of health care organizations |
___% of all hospital patients (__%) elderly are... | 40/60 are malnourished or at risk for malnutrition |
LOS | length of stay |
m&m | morbidity and mortality |
7 malnutrition indices | nutrition related disease, recent unintended weight loss, BMI <19 or >25, age >75 or <12, biochemical, special diet, recent procedures |
critical numbers for unintended weight loss | 10% in 6 months or 5% in month |
dyslipidemia | macrophages become lipid laden and can't fight infection (elevated VLDL and low HDL) |
overweight BMI | 25-30 |
stage 1 obesity | 30-35 |
stage 2 obesity | over 35 |
two nutrition questions upon admission | are you on a special diet? have you experienced unintended weight loss recently? |
MNA | mini nutrition assessment- for elderly |
MNA 6 questions | BMI, weight loss, illness/stress, mobility, dementia/depression, appetite |
MUST | malnutrition universal screening tool (MNA is better) |
MUST 3 indices | BMI, weight loss, acute illness (malnutrition universal screening tool) |
DETERMINE | nutrition screening in elderly (disease, eating poorly, tooth loss, economic hardship, reduced social contact, multiple medications, involuntary weight loss, need assistance w/ self care, elderly (>80)) |
7 nutrition assessment indices | anthropometric, biochemical, drug/diet interactions, procedures, feeding modality, socio/psycho, ability/willingness to change |
4 groups at risk for low health literacy | elderly, minorities, immigrants, low income |
QOL | quality of life |
health literacy/cancer | later screening, treatment not understood, poor decisions about accepting treatment |
low health literacy had ___ more___ and ____ longer ____ | 6% more hospitalizations, 2 days longer LOS |
two widely used health literacy tests | TOFHLA (test of functional health literacy in adults) short (7-10 min) or long (18-22 min), REALM (rapid estimate of adult literacy in medicine) *3 minutes |
new health literacy test | NVS (newest vital sign) |
5 diet interactions: corticosteroids | impaired glucose tolerance, protein loss, calcium loss from bone, sodium retention/edema, potassium losses |
2 diet interactions: diuretics | K/Mg/Zn, some may cause K retention |
how much protein if on corticosteroids | >1.5 g/kg/day |
low potassium can cause what? and what may it be due to? | cardiac arrhythmias, diuretics |
what is the "big" drug diet interaction? | anti-coagulant coumadin |
coumadin | anti-coagulant that interferes w/ vitamin K (must have a constant intake and not sudden large amounts) *new drugs don't have this problem but they're expensive |
4 herb/supplement interactions w/ coumadin | ginko, ginger, ginseng, fish oil |
albumin normal range | 3.5-5 g/dL |
transferrin normal range | 200-400 mg/dL |
prealbumin normal range | 20-50 mg/dL |
hemoglobin/hematocrit cutoffs | F: 12 g/dL, 36% M: 13 g/dL 39% |
MCV | mean corpuscular volume (HCT x 10/ RBC) |
normal MCV | 75-98 femtoliters |
microcytic anemia | <75 fL (iron deficiency) |
macrocytic anemia | >98 (folate or B12 deficiency) |
hypersegmentation | >5 segments of the nucleus; preceeds macrocytic anemia |
hamwai formula females | 100 for 5 feet, 5# per inch over 5 feet |
hamwai formula males | 106 for 5 feet, 6# per inch over 5 feet |
BK | below knee |
AK | above knee |
kcal non obese | 25-30 kcal/kg |
kcal obese | 22-25 kcal/kg ideal body weight |
when to use harris benedict? | not ideal in hospital patients |
correction of harris benedict for obese individuals | IBW + (OBW-IBW)*.25 **commonly used but controversial |
ireton jones equation for critically ill patients | sex 1= male 0=female T= trauma, B= burn **ventilator patients |
Penn State | uses RMR, Ve, Tmax two equations: non obese, obese <60 yrs; obese >60 yrs |
mifflin- st. jeor | healthy individuals, non ICU hospital |
critically ill w/ RMR measurement | Penn state |
which equation: adult weight management | mifflin |
which equation: kidney disease | KDOQI (23-25 kcal/day) |
which equation: critically ill non-obese | Mifflin x 1.25 or Penn State |
which equation: critically ill obese | Penn state or mifflin |
which equation: critically ill ventilated | ireton jones/ penn state |
which equation: heart failure | mifflin or harris-benedict |
which equation: cancer | harris benedict |
which equation: unintended weight loss | 25-35 kcal/kg |
normal protein needs | 0.8-1.0 g/kg/day |
elderly protein needs | 1-1.1 g/kg/day |
when are protein needs higher? | burn, multiple trauma, systemic infection |
when are protein needs lower? | kidney, liver |
hospital protein needs non obese | 1.2-2 |
hospital protein needs obese | 2 ideal BW for class I/II, 2.5 ideal BW class III |
surgery/trauma protein | 1.5-2 |
brain injury protein | 1.5-2.2 |
acute spinal cord injury protein | 2 |
what 3 enzymes are increased after heart attacks? | lactate dehydrogenase, alanine amino transferase, aspartate amino transferase |
gamma glutaryl transpeptidase | GGT very specific to liver |
LFT | liver function tests |
amylase and lipase | LFT- if elevated it's due to pancreatitis |
PT | prothrombin time (liver, drugs, vitamin K) |
albumin:globulin | increased ratio w/ liver disease (liver breaks down globulins) |
bilirubin | jaundice, liver function |
BUN | 10-23 mg/dL (increased in kidney disease, decreased in liver disease) |
creatinine | .6-1.2 mg/dL increased in kidney disease |
CRP | c-reactive protein elevated in: trauma, infection, vasculitis, malnutrition inflammation, kidney disease *risk factor for CHD |
ADL | activities of daily living |
3 places for deficiency: | eyes, mouth, tongue |
muscle depletion areas | scapula area and clavicle |
mouth cracks | b vitamin deficiency |
lower lid becomes pale w/ | anemia |
white of eye turns ___ if ____ | yellow, jaundice |
cornea spot | vitamin A deficiency |
spooning | iron deficiency |
stomatitis | (tongue swelling) deficiency in iron, niacin, riboflavin, B12, folic acid |
3 sources of fluids | food, beverage, metabolism |
4 losses of fluids | feces, sweat, skin/lungs, urine |
what would BUN be if dehydrated? | 30 |
what would BU be with renal disease? | way higher than normal range of 23-25 mg/dL |
third spacing | fluid sequestering elsewhere (inflammation) or obstruction |
ascites | accumulation of fluid in abdominal cavity (liver disease) |
peritonitis | inflammation of membrane around abdominal cavity |
moderate hypovolemia | 5-10%; electrolyte fluids |
severe hypovolemia | 10-15% iv fluids |
body weight hydration | 1st 10: 100 ml/kg, 2nd 10: 20 mL/kg 20mL/kg <50 years 15 mL/kg >50 years |
kcal intake and water | adult 1 mL/kcal child 1.5 mL/kcal |
extracellular electrolytes | Na, Ca2+, Cl-, HCO3- |
intracellular electrolytes | K+, Mg2+, PO43- |
pH of body | 7.35-7.45 |
3 functions of electrolytes | maintain osmotic equilibrium and control fluid shifts, maintain pH balance, maintain electrochemical neutrality |
fish bone notation | cations, anions, kidney/hydration, ca/gluc/po4 |
hypokalemia | K <3.5 (diuretics, GI losses) |
hyperkalemia | K >5.5 K+ sparing diruetics, adrenal insufficiency, antihypertensive drugs |
hyponatremia | heavy sweat losses Na <135, fluid overload |
hypernatremia | insensible sweating, excess NaCl administration Na > 145 |
hypo-bicarbonate | metabolic acidosis <22 mmol/L |
hypochloremia | <98 mEq/L (vomiting) |
hyperchlormia | >107 mEq/L (ketoacidosis, kidney failure, excess saline) |
pCO2 range | 35-45 mm Hg |
pO2 range | 80-95 mm Hg |
O2 sat | 95-99% |
HCOe | 22-26 mmol/L |
hypoventilation | decrease in pH |
hyperventilation | increase in pH |
Hamburg shift | movement of Cl- in and out of RBC to maintain neutrality and changes in bicarbonate |
ADIME | assessment diagnosis intervention monitoring evaluation |
PES | problem etiology signs/symptoms (___ R/T ____ AEB ____) |
for every ___ decrease in pH, there is a corresponding ___ increase in __ | .1, .6-1.2 mEq/L serum K+ |
hypoxia | increase in anaerobic metabolism |
acidosis could be due to... | diabetic ketoacidosis, loss of intestinal fluid (HCO3-), renal failure (retention of H+ ions) |
alkalosis could be due to... | loss of upper GI fluid, ingestion of antacids |
increase calories in nutrition support= | decrease in water |
NGT | naso-gastric tube |
c/o | complaint of |
PEG | percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy |
enzyme in acid base buffering | carbonic anhydrase |
D/C | discharge |
d/c | discontinue |
what is added long term to feeding tubes? | fiber and ultra trace minerals |
osmolarity of EN | 200 mOsm/L; isotonic (hypertonic not ideal, should be started slowly) |
3 modes of administration for EN | continuous, intermittent, cyclic |
1 F= | .33 mm |
who needs low CHO EN? | diabetics (40-45, normally 50-55) |
who needs low protein EN? | kidney patients (4%) |
"high nitrogen" EN | 15% or higher protein |
1 kcal/mL is __% water | 85% |
2 kcal/mL is ___% water | 70% |
types of EN products (6) | lactose free, milk based, blenderized, polymeric, fiber-containing, disease specific |
polymeric formulas | nutren1.0 etc. |
5 disease specific EN products | diabetes (glucerna), COPD, renal, liver, trauma |
diabetes EN | high fat, low carb, low glycemic |
COPD EN | high fat for low RQ |
renal EN | low protein |
liver EN | low fat, high BCAA |
trauma EN | more protein and nutrients known for immune support |
pediatric EN | high P, Ca, protein |
bariatric EN | high protein, low calorie |
critically ill/malabsorbing EN | MCT, amino acids, peptides, sugars |
modular products EN | not often used since there are products for most disorders |
4 issues with EN | access, microbial, metabolic complications, gastric residual volumes |
gastric residual volume | EN; difficult to measure, indicates if stomach is functioning (not used in Europe) |
refeeding syndrome | begin to re-synthesize TG, protein, carbs; use up the rest of electrolytes doing this and then the levels drop |
2 drugs that stimulate gastric emptying | erythromycin and metaclopromide |
4 ways to decrease risk of aspiration EN | 30-40 degree bed, continuous, prokinetic drugs, post-pyloric placement |
fistula | adhering of 2 epithelial membranes due to inflammation |
nonocclusive bowel necrosis | lack of oxygen to the gut (occurs with EN in unstable patient) |
when is TPN required | non functional GI, comatose w/out gag reflex, excessive needs >2000kcal/day, adjunct to chemo |
infusaport | outpatient, 90 degree needle |
triluminal catheter | 1 for TPN, 1 saline, 1 antibiotics |
PPN | used for pre-term babies, high fat (coats vein), low osmolarity to prevent pressure on veins |
PN kcal CHO | 3.4 |
PN kcal protein | 4.3 |
lipids in PN should not exceed | 1g/kg/day |
CHO name in PN | dextrose monohydrate |
CHO notation PN | D5W if 5% |
which 2 vitamins are most important in PN w/ the shortage? | thiamin and folic acid |
MCT kcal | 7 kcal/g |
recommendations for vitamins due to shortage PN (4) | multivitamin if tolerated, don't use pediatric products, give thiamin and folate each day, B12 monthly |
complications of TPN (6) | refeeding syndrome, azotemia, hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, cholestasis, hepatic steatosis, sepsis |
Hepatic Steatosis | fatty liver disease (occurs w/ too many kcals/fat during TPN) |
azotemia | elevated BUN/ammonia |
cholestasis | gallbladder sludge from not being used during TPN (removal eventually) |
monitoring TPN | weight daily, electrolytes daily until stable (2-3 days after), biochemical weekly, glucose every 6 hours until stable |
__% of kids have allergies | 8% |
___% of adults have peanut allergy | 1.3% |
two most common allergies in children | peanut and milk |
4 most common allergies in adults | peanut, tree nut, shellfish, wheat/gluten |
5 accredited methods to identify food allergy | skin prick test, intradermal, serum IgE, allergen specific IgE, food elimination, oral food challenges |
total serum IgE | elevated if allergic to something (must be IgE mediated) |
what to eat w/ food elimination tests | lamb, rice, carrots, apples |
oral food challenges | done with supervision; very small amounts administered |
GI tract allergy symptoms (4) | vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, malabsorption |
skin allergy symptoms (4) | rash, hives, inflammation, angioedema |
uticaria | hives |
erythemia | skin inflammation |
respiratory allergy symptoms (3) | asthma, coughing, rhinitis, sinusitis |
6 unproven symptoms of food allergies | behavioral, adhd, eat infections, neurologic, musculoskeletal, migraine |
otitis media | middle ear infections |
Children who outgrow peanut allergy display a shift from __ to ___ as tolerance develops | Th2 to Th1 |
Th2 | increased production of Il4 and Il5 |
Th1 | production of INF-y |
OIT | oral immunotherapy |
oral immunotherapy | provide increasingly greater amounts of heat denatured food antigens major effect is temporary desensitization |
EPIT | epidermal immunotherapy (antigen applied to skin in effort to develop tolerance) |
SLIT | sublingual immunotherapy (nanogram amounts of antigen applied under the tongue) |
rework | reuse of a certain amount of dough from previous batches |
gluten free | <220 ppm |
LES | lower esophageal sphincter- pressure higher than intra-gastric |
GERD | gastro-esophageal reflux disorder |
5 possible causes of GERD | hiatus hernia, smoking, birth control, scleroderma, blockage of pylorus |
hiatus hernia | upper part of stomach protrudes through diaphragm (obesity) |
scleroderma | breakdown of connective tissue leading to GERD |
pyrosis | heartburn |
4 effects of untreated GERD | ulceration of esophagus, scarring, dysphagia, barrett's esophagus (precancerous overgrowth) |
two main diagnoses of gerd | endoscopic esophagoscopy, barium swallow |
3 medications for GERD | metoclopromide (emptying), antacids, h2 receptor blockers, proton pump inhibitors |
drug nutrient interaction of H2 receptor blockers | B12 deficiency due to lack of acid for IF |
surgical treatment of GERD | funduplication |
4 general principles of MNT for GERD | low fat, small meals (ish), limit hypertonic solutions, avoid carminitives (gas from stomach; spearmint, peppermint, garlic, onion) |
what 3 substances to avoid w/ GERD | alcohol, smoking, coffee |
avoid what after eating w/ GERD | reclining position |
PP | post prandial |
DES | diffuse esophageal spasm, esophageal sphincter fails to relax |
achlasia | dialated esophagus w/ bird beak sphincter |
diagnosis of DES | EGD, barium swallow |
EGD | endoscopic gastric duodenoscopy |
treatment of DES | balloon dilation or botox |
mnt for des (3) | semi soft foods, small frequent feedings, supportive therapy |
gastric acidity physiology | gastrin, histamine, and acetylcholine interact in stimulating HCl secretion |
PUD | peptic ulcer disease |
causes of peptic ulcer disease | nsaids/steroids, hyperacidity from food poisoning/alcohol, radiation induced inflammation and damage to mucosa, pernicious anemia, H. pylori, trauma |
how do nsaids work? | inhibit prostaglandin E and this aids in mucosa of stomach/small intestine |
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome | (ZES) tumor of pancreas and duodenum that leads to PUD |
procedure for ZES | Whipple (removal of head of pancreas, ducts, duodenum) need elemental tube feed |
when will pain be felt for gastric vs. duodenal ulcers? | stomach: upon eating; duodenal: 2-3 hours after |
bleeding ulcers diagnosis | dark stools, coffee grounds vomit |
two ways to diagnose H. pylori | specific IgG or urease biproducts if given urea |
triple therapy for gastritis | two antibiotics + proton pump inhibitor/Histamine 2 receptor blocker |
proton pump inhibitor side effects | connstipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain, dry mouth, MI? |
histamine 2 receptor blockers | constipation/diarrhea, B12 status |
bezoars | fibrous clumps from calcium with fiber (antacids) |
Mg containing antacid side effect | diarrhea |
calcium and aluminum containing antacids side effect | constipation |
what deficit is common w/ GERD and PUD? | food and nutrition related knowledge deficit |
dumping syndrome | stomach emptying too fast (after surgery)- diarrhea |
treat dumping syndrome | smaller meals, less sugar |