Chapter 22 (finals) Flashcards
Diet and clients with special needs
is a state of physical balance; a stable condition.
When the body experiences the trauma of surgery, severe burns, or infections, this balance is upset?
Homeostasis
Adults after surgery need ____ per kg of body weight?
35 to 45 calories
May occur following gastric surgery
Characterized by dizziness, weakness, cramps, vomiting, and diarrhea shortly after eating
Caused by food moving too quickly from the stomach into the small intestine
To prevent, eat a diet high in protein and fat, and restricted in carbohydrates?
Dumping syndrome
opening into the stomach?
GASTROSTOMY
opening into the jejunum?
JEJUNOSTOMY
inserted through the nose and into the stomach or small intestine?
NASOGASTRIC TUBE
___(1–2 calories/mL) are used for clients who can digest and absorb nutrients normally?
Polymeric formulas
___- (1.0 calorie/mL) are used for clients who have limited ability to digest or absorb nutrients?
Elemental, or hydrolyzed formulas
Methods of administration: ongoing over 16- to 24-hour period?
Continuous
Methods of administration:at night, with food eaten during the day?
Intermittent
Methods of administration:given over a 15-minute period?
Bolus
The provision of nutrients intravenously.
Used if the gastrointestinal tract is not functional or if normal feeding is not adequate for the client’s needs.
Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) or hyperalimentation is when parenteral nutrition is used to provide total nutrition?
Parenteral Nutrition
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) invades the __-, which are white blood cells that protect the body from infections?
T cells
Clients with AIDS experience serious ___- (PEM) and thus, body wasting known as “wasting syndrome.”?
protein-energy malnutrition
