Breast Feeding And Nutrition 1 Flashcards
6 interventions for reducing child mortality
Exclusive breastfeeding Timely complementary feeding Micronutrient interventions Deworming ORS Program Food fortification
Parts of plan of management of pediatric patients and their components
Diagnostic: labs
Therapeutic: DOC
Supportive: Nutritional intervention
2 goals of nutrition
Adequate calories
Positive nitrogen balance
What age will the birth weight double? Triple? Quadruple?
Double 4-5 months
Triple 1yr
Quadruple 2yrs
Age and explanation for Stage of Adiposity Rebound?
Increase of BMI in preparation for adolescent growth spurt
Age 6-7
Brain growth spurt
Mid gestation up to 3 yrs old
Brain weight at birth
400g
Brain weight at 12months
1000g
Until when is head circumference measured?
3yrs old
Number of brain cells and synapses at birth
100B brain cells
50T synapses
Number of synapses at 1month
1000T (20x increase from birth)
Explain barker hypothesis
Nutrition during the first 1000 days of life (intrauterine until 3yrs) determines your susceptibility as an adult to NCDs (HPN, obesity, metabolic syndrome)
Regardless of family history
Parts of nutritional assessment
DCBA Developmental history Clinical Examination (PE) Biochemical or Blood studies Anthropometry
How many calories in 1oz of standark milk formula?
1oz=20cal
How many calories in 1 day if fed 3oz of formula every 3 hours?
3oz x 8 times a day = 24oz
24oz x 20 cal = 480cal
Pathogomonic sign for vit C deficiency?
Bleeding gums
Pathogomonic sign for vit A deficiency?
Signs of blindness
Pathogomonic sign for iron deficiency?
Pallor
Formula of percentage and the value used for ideal
(Actual/ideal)x100
Ideal value= p50
Measurement used to determine underweight/undernourished child?
Weight for Age
Measurement used to determine obese child?
BMI
Measurement used to determine wasting?
Weigh for length
Measurement used to determine stunting?
Length for age
Measurement used to determine brain growth?
Head circumference
Acute malnutrition term
Wasting
Chronic malnutrition term
Stunting
Measurement used to determine fat stores?
Triceps skin fold (TSF)
Measurement used to determine somatic protein?
Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC)
Estimation of ideal weight
Ideal weight= age in yrs + 8kg
Computation for degree of wasting
(Actual weight for length/ideal weight for length)x100
Ideal- p50 on chart
Degrees of wasting and their values
Normal >=90
Mild 80-90
Moderate 70-80
Severe <70
Explain frankfort horizontal plane
Orbitale and tragion should form a horizontal line when measuring length with infantometer
Computation for degree of stunting
Actual length for age/ideal length for age)x100
Degrees of stunting and their values
Normal >=95
Mild 95-90
Moderate 90-85
Severe <85
Relationship of HC and CC at birth
HC>CC
When does HC become equal to CC
6 months
When does CC become bigger than HC
1 year
Cut off measurement for severe malnutrition using MUAC?
<11.5cm