Lec 4/5: Disaster Planning and Metabolic Stress Flashcards

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Disaster Planning Basics
-> Disasters =
-> Plans at different levels:
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-> Plans cover meeting basic needs

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Who else?

Specifically - 2 from above

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= natural disasters, war or unrest, power outages, pandemics….
- National, provincial, municipal, institutional
- Prevent, protect against, respond and recover
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- Clothing, shelter, FOOD, information, services

  • Chain of command
    2 - Emergency Food Service Coordinator
  • Institutions (ie. hospitals) also have a coordinator
    ? - any food service establishment / food retailers&distributers / health care professionals / volunteer food organizations

Emergency Food Service Coordinator:
- assembles a committee to make a disaster plan / creates a plan / revisits the plan on a reg basis / tests plan / executes plan when needed

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What is included in a plan?
1-12 - slide 8 , name 3
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  • communication plans
  • where food service will happen / supply chain / staff requirements & training / distribution plans
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METABOLIC STRESS =
Catabolic =
What results in M.S:

** read slides specifically example throughout **

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The MAJOR result =

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= group of conditions that result in:
= hypermetabolic, catabolic response to acute injury or disease
= breakdown of complex molecules (CHO, PRO, FAT) for energy {aka - energy requirements skyrocket}
: Trauma, surgery, burns and sepsis all do

  • Trauma (blunt, penetrating)
  • Surgery (controlled trauma)
  • Burn (thermal trauma)
  • Sepsis (generalized infection - bacteria in the blood)

= REE INCREASED majorly

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Hormone Review
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-> Insulin
-> Counter-regulatory hormones (countering the effects of insulin)
- Glucagon
- Catecholamines, eg. epinephrine
- Glucocorticoids / corticosteriods eg. cortisol
-> ADH
-> ACTH - Adrenocorticotropic hormone

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Physiological Responses - Ebb Phase =
- I like to think of it as the body being in
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-> Metabolic response
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Describe Figure - slide 20:

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= Immediately post-trauma; lasts 2-48h
- in shock
- Wound response - coagulation, inflammation

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- Shock, hypovolemia, decreased O2 availability
- Low cardiac and urinary output
- Low core temperatures
- Low insulin
- Elevated blood glucose, catecholamines, free fatty acids, ACTH release leads to glucocorticoid secretion
- ADH increases to preserve fluid balance
(Result: Reduced (or no) urination)

Figure:
- in the ebb phase plasma osmolality increases (AKA solutes in blood increase + fluid into tissues) and atrial pressure decreases: this increases ADH hormone = water resorption = urine volume reduced (antidiuresis)

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Flow Phase =
- Lasts from
-> Classic Signs and Symptoms of M.S
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Back to figure - but flow phase:

-> Increased…

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  • from hours to days
    (patient may slip back and forth between ebb and flow)
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  • Increased cardiac output
  • Increased temperature d/t cytokine release (IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, TNF-α)
  • Increase O2 consumption and REE
  • Increased insulin but also insulin resistance result: high blood glucose levels
  • Increased counter-regulatory hormones
  • ADH decreases (increased urine output)
  • Wound response - angiogenesis / collagen synthesis / growth of epithelium

: Atrial Pressure increases, Plasma Osmolality decreases (fluid back into vascular system): ADH is cancelled = decreased water resorption = urine volume increased (Diuresis)

-> Increased energy metabolism
(Major Burns are by far the most increase in metabolism)

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Glucose metabolism during flow phase
-> Hyperglycemia
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-> Insulin resistance
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-> Muscle and wound switch to anaerobic glycolysis
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  • Hepatic (liver) gluconeogenesis
  • Increased uptake of gluconeogenic amino acids by liver
  • Glycogenolysis
  • Reduced glucose oxidation (max 4-5 mg/kg/min)
  • Decreased glucose uptake - insulin resistance

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- Maintains glucose availability for non-insulin dependent organs
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- Wound is hypoxic (low in oxygen)
- Lactate is a biproduct of glycolysis
- Cori Cycle converts lactate to glucose
(esp in burns patients)

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Protein metabolism during the flow phase
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Positive acute phase proteins
What are they?
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-> Negative nitrogen balance
- Protein (muscle) breakdown for energy
- Production of positive acute phase proteins
[Hormones encourage breakdown proteins]

  • Amino acid efflux
    1 Substrate for protein synthesis
    2 Converted to glucose
    3 Source of glutamine for gut fuel
  • Greater N loss with greater severity of trauma

? - Proteins whose concentrations increase in the blood during metabolic stress
Why? - Release is stimulated by inflammatory cytokines
- Generally have a role to play in the immune response and healing
Ex’s: C reactive protein (inflamm, O2 + blood to wound) , fibronectin (wound healing), ceruloplasmin (iron metabolism)

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  • ## LOTS: -->

N excretion (g/day) Graph:

Why all the fuss about Negative N balance?
Loss of___

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  • Concentrations in the blood decrease during metabolic stress
  • LOTS - Albumin, Pre-Albumin, many others [not a good nutr protein assessment - just tells us they are in metabolic stress]

-> This becomes very important when interpreting blood test results

: Major Burn by far has the most

___ of 1g N = 30g loss of lean body mass

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Complications associated with loss of lean body mass
[% loss of lean body mass VS associated complications]
10%
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10% - impaired immunity, increased risk of infection
20% - decreased wound healing, weakness, infection
30% - too weak to sit, pressure sores, pneumonia, no wound healing
40% death, usually from pneumonia

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(Flow Phase CON’D)
Lipid Metabolism:
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What is RQ?
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  • Increased lipolysis
  • Free fatty acids used as energy source
  • RQ = Co2 produced / O2 consumed
  • Days to weeks to months
  • Metabolic response
  • Wound response:
  • remodeling of wound, collagenases lyse (breakdown) collagen
  • New collagen synthesized
  • Replacing dead/injured tissue
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  • Good apposition of margins (the wound edges line up)
  • Minimal necrotic tissue and infection
  • Good perfusion of blood
  • Endocrine status - challenges for those with DM, those on corticosteriods
    (both have poor circulation, increased risk of infection)
  • Wound dehiscence = failure of wound to knit
    (need to re-cut and debride (remove dead tissue) to encourage inflammatory response)
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Medical Management of Metabolic Stress
-> Trauma
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Human Skin Diagram - slide 48 LOOK AT **
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- Stop bleeding, support vascular system, IV fluids
- Mechanical ventilation
- Drugs for paralysis (pt unable to move muscles), sedation (calming agitation)
- Insulin

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- Caused by heat, chemicals, radiation or electricity
- Burned skin loses its function
- Burns described by thickness of the burn area
- Injury described in terms of surface area of body burned
- Ebb phase 2-5 days
- Flow phase sustained until wound closure
(infections, surgical procedures etc. reinitiates flow phase)
(protein loss through wound exudate (fluid that oozes from a wound - high in protein, keeps the wound clean))

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  • Support vascular and respiratory systems
  • Fluid replacement
  • Begin feeding ASAP
  • Cover open areas
  • Avoid sepsis
  • Debride eschar - remove necrotic tissue
  • Grafts and Jobst garments
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Sepsis - Background:
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-> Generalize (blood-borne) infection
- Mortality 20-40%
- Severe sepsis includes organ dysfunction and/or tissue hypo-perfusion (low blood flow to tissues)
-> Can be caused by bacterial translocation
-> May also be caused by TPN
-> increased WBC, HR, fever, hypothermia
-> Gut Dysfunction

-> Comparing metabolic responses
VS
- if well nourished, similar responses seen
- Poorly nourished sepsis patients may have low or normal metabolic rate
- With sepsis, response will not weaken until infection is under control
- Sepsis has greater insulin resistance
- Sepsis more likely to have hypertriglyceridemia

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- Antibiotics Tb - fill in / read
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  • Monitor body temp
  • Support vascular system and respiratory system, TPN feeding very likely
  • Drain any source of infection, remove necrotic tissues
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Why is nutrition important in M.S?
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[Remember overfeeding and refeeding]

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-> Most trauma are well nourished at time of trauma, but malnutrition happens fast
- extra fast if a person has pre-exisiting malnutrition

-> Undernutrition may…
- Lead to poor healing, infections, decreased mobility and activity (why is this important?), pressure sores

-> Nutritional support optimizes healing and recovery

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Nutritional Assessment
-> Dietary
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-> D
- Was the patient previously malnourished? [this Q is v important]
- May need to ask a family member
- Energy and protein calculations are key

-> L
- Usual indicators of malnutrition misleading because of acute phase protein changes
- Constantly re-evaluate to assess pt. status and tolerance of nutrition support
[more important to monitor as it doesn’t really tell us a lot about nutr status]

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- Of limited use because of fluid shifts
- Weights in ICU reflects edema not body cell mass (the weight of the muscles, fat, organs)
- Ask family about usual wt/ wt history

-> Clinical
- Screen for any procedures or history that could influence nutrition status
- Best indicators of nutrition adequacy: pt is recovering, healing, gaining strength [v important to determine healing or not]

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Nutritional Management
> Well nourished is FYI only
-> Malnourished surgical patient
- Pre-op repletion:

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: Correct deficiencies, pre-op nutrition for 7-10d
- Energy: repletion factors or increase intake by 500-1000 kcal/day [related to 1-2 lbs wt gain/wk]
- Pro: 0.8g/kg
- Methods for repletion: high energy snacks, liquids / support from family / enteral or TPN

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Nutritional Management of Surgical Pts
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-> Post-op
- Match intake to expenditure
- Repletion only after end of stress response
- Energy (stress factor used)
- Protein (higher than pre-op b/c of metabolic stress catabolism)

  • Meeting needs - similar to pre-op (oral, enteral or TPN)
  • Immediately after surgery fluids and electrolytes
  • MINOR surgery: DAT (diet as tolerated) - research says start this ASAP to increase healing speed
  • MAJOR surgery: clear fluids, full fluids, then DAT (is this necessary?)
  • Note on bowel sounds: meds can cause gut to stop working (IIeus) - bowel sounds signal to start gut feeding again
    [mainly seen with GI surgery]
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Nutritional monitoring of malnourished surgical pt

Nutritional Management of Trauma
- Goal is…

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  • is energy balance & N balance!
  • on the one hand - nutr should be aggressive
  • other hand risk of overfeeding
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Requirements of Trauma Patients
-> Energy requirements
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-> Protein requirements
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- Do not necessarily require 100% of needs for a benefit
- Indirect calorimetry - gold standard [measures CO2 out O2 in - energy burned @ rest = measuring metabolic rate @ rest]
- Stress factors

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- Calculated before other macronutrients
- Higher factors used with more severe trauma (1.25-2.0g/kg)
- Excess protein administration causes azotemia - why is this a problem? - can lead to kidney failure and can have cardiac and neurological side effects

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CON’D
-> Fat and CHO
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[Why might 50-60% of kcals be too high with peripheral TPN?]

-> Fluids and Electrolytes
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  • ~30% of energy from fat
    (important substrate, metabolized well) (don’t exceed max infusion)
  • Remainder of caloric needs from carbs
    (Don’t exceed max infusion rate) (Insulin administration)
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- Consider supplementing with nutrients that aid healing
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- Maintain adequate urine output and serum electrolytes
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- Preferred route: oral -> Enteral -> TPN - why?
- Feed aggressively if pt already malnourished

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Requirements of Trauma Patients CON’D
-> Monitoring
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  • As for Enteral/TPN
  • Plasma glucose monitoring - why?
  • Intake/Output records (ins: food, bev, nutr, IV fluid / outs: urine, feces, vomiting)
  • Weight frequently
  • Use indirect calorimetry if available
  • Albumin and transferrin can indicate severity of condition
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Nutritional Management of Burns
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** Go over burn practice calculation **

> All of these eqns are criticized… why? - energy needs vary widely among patients

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-> Greater burn surface area, greater metabolic rate
-> Challenging to meet increased requirements
-> Two factors help recovery of burn population
- Most are previously well nourished
- Illeus less common than in trauma or sepsis
-> Energy requirements
- Energy expenditure with burns exceeds all other conditions
- Assessing needs with indirect calorimetry is best
- Special burns energy calculation formulas are available

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Burns CON’D
-> PRO
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-> Fat / CHO / Micros / Fluids

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- Protein is most compromised, aggressive nutritional support needed
- 1.5-2.0g/kg/d - don’t exceed 2.0g/kg/d
- High biological value
[minimize losses by meeting PRO and energy needs]
- worse the burn = increased PRO requirements

  • IIeus is less common
  • Oral intake usually sufficient if <25% TBSA
  • Oral diets - high protein, high energy
  • If cannot meet at least 75% needs po. or if >25 TBSA, may need Enteral Nutrition
  • Try to avoid TPN
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N balance in burn patients (eqn) =
** Example slide 21-24 DO **

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  • Daily food/intake records - goal: <10% weight loss
  • Edema
  • Insulin resistance common
  • Protein load - check BUN
  • Albumin lost through wound (neg acute phase protein) / Transferrin poor indicator / N balance

= N intake - [24 urine urea N + fecal N + wound N]

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-> Vitamins and Minerals
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  • Most pt.s are malnourished prior to sepsis
  • Most are ventilated
  • Gut dysfunction is common so TPN commonly used
  • Energy (stress and activity factors)

-> P
- 1.2-1.6 g/kg/d unless kidney or hepatic dysfunction - why? - these organs are key to metabolism and excretion of protein
-> F
- >/= 30% fat - because of lower RQ
-> CHO
- Remainder of kcals from carbs

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- Enteral nutr if the gut is functioning, TPN if not
- Monitor weight regularly to adjust energy intake
- Monitor for overfeeding and refeeding syndrome - most septic are malnourished

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READ section in Course Pack

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