L2: Surgical Nutrition Flashcards
Def of Malnutrition
Causes of Malnutrition
Metabolic Response to Starvation
Mechanism of metabolic response to trauma & sepsis
Body response to Trauma & Sepsis
Mechanism of metabolic response to surgery
triggers for metabolic response to surgery
Risk factors for metabolic response to surgery
How to Decrease IR before surgery?
Evaluation of Malnutrition
Hx
Evaluation of Malnutrition
History of poor nutrient intake
Evaluation of Malnutrition
Significant Loss of body weight (see table)
Evaluation of Malnutrition
Social & economic conditions may lead to poverty & malnutrition
Evaluation of Malnutrition
Gastrointestinal symptoms
Evaluation of Malnutrition
Other chronic medical illnesses
Evaluation of Malnutrition
Physical Examination
Evaluation of Malnutrition
general appearence
Evaluation of Malnutrition
Skin,Nails & Hair
Evaluation of Malnutrition
Effect of decrease in protein
Evaluation of Malnutrition
Effect of low iron
Evaluation of Malnutrition
effect of low vit C
Evaluation of Malnutrition
effect of low zinc
Evaluation of Malnutrition
Effect of low Vit A
Evaluation of Malnutrition
Eyes
Evaluation of Malnutrition
Effect of anemia
Evaluation of Malnutrition
effect of low thiamine
Evaluation of Malnutrition
effect of low vitamin A on eyes
Evaluation of Malnutrition
Def of Anthropometry
Anthropometry can assess the level of energy reserves by ……
estimating the amount of subcutaneous adipose stores.
However, Anthropometry ……. identify specific nutrient deficiency
cannot
Anthropometric assessment
Triceps skin fold thickness (mm)
Mid arm circumference (cm)
Investigations to detect subclinical nutritional deficiencies in surgical patients.
To detect subclinical nutritional protein deficiencies in surgical patients:
Nitrogen Balance
…… protein gained = ….. g nitrogen.
6.25 , 1
Equations for Nitrogen balance
Serum Albumin
Serum albumin level ….. during the acute stress of surgery, sepsis, or other acute inflammatory illness because of ……
- ↓
^^^^^^^
- ↑ circulating extravascular volume.
- TNF-α mediated inhibition of albumin synthesis.
Normal albumin level (used as an index of malnutrition) → …….
35g/L = 3.5g/dl (half-life of → 14 to 18 days).
Prealbumin (half-life, 3 to 5 days) or transferrin (<200 mg/dL; half-life, 7 days) → …….
ore sensitive indicators of rapid changes in nutritional status.
Creatinine excretion
Creatinine is a metabolic product of ……
skeletal muscle creatine
Creatinine amount is …… proportional to skeletal muscle mass.
directly
…… g creat = …..g of fat free skeletal muscle in the 24-h urine collection (With steady state of day-to-day renal function).
- 1
- 18.5
Creatinine Levels & Assessment of surgical Patients
Immunological assessment
Delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity or anergy → Most commonly tested by delayed reaction to skin recall antigens.
….
- It was widely used in early studies of nutritional assessment and is a manifestation of cell-mediated immunity.
- Total Lymphocyte count is often <1000 /μL and may accompany anergy to common skin test antigens.
- Not all malnourished patients are at Immunological risk.
Adverse effect of protein or calories depletion
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