Chapter 23

Question 1

When food intake does not meet body needs, the body uses its own stores of energy.
When glycogen and fat stores are exhausted, the body must break down its own tissues to provide protein for energy.
__ can be a problem among hospitalized clients?

Answer 1

Protein Energy Malnutrition

Question 2

____ refers to mal-nourishment as a result of hospitalization?

Answer 2

Iatrogenic malnutrition

Question 3

(difficulty swallowing) can result from a stroke, closed head trauma, head or neck cancer, surgery, or Alzheimer’s and other diseases?

Answer 3

Dysphagia

Question 3

Healing of pressure ulcers requires treatment of the ulcer, relief of the pressure, a high-calorie diet with sufficient ___, ___, and ___?

Answer 3

protein, vitamin C, zinc supplements

Question 4

____(dry mouth) can be caused by disease or medications?

Answer 4

Xerostomia