Lecture 5 Flashcards
What can cause malnutrition?
Poor intake
Poor absorption
Increased metabolic needs
What can cause poor absorption?
GI resection
Inflammatory disease
What can cause increased metabolic needs?
Cancer
Burns
Aids
What percent of households have low or very low food security?
10%
What type of population usually low food security?
Single mothers
Black patients
Low-income households
What percentage of adults do not get adequate amounts of nutrients?
85%
What are some screening tools for malnutrition?
Subjective global assessment(GBA):uses hx,ROS, PE
Malnutrition Universal screening tool(Must): uses BMI
Malnutrition screening tool(MST): 2 questions
How do we calculate percent usual weight?
(actual weight/usual weight) x 100
How do we screen for malnutrition in young children?
Checking body length and head circumfenrence
What types of cells does malnutrition especially affect?
Cells with rapid turnover or high metabolic activity such as…
Integumentary
Hematopoiesis
Neurologic
What is considered malnourished or over-nourished when using a skinfold thickness measurement?
Men <12.5mm malnutrition >20mm over nutrition
Women <16.5mm malnutrition >25mm over nutrition
What percentile in midarm muscle circumference indicates malnutrition
<15th percentile
What BMI is considered underweight for adults?
<18.5
What is stunting? Wasting?
Stunting: Low height-for-age
Wasting: low weight-for-age
Underweight individuals may have both
How do we measure an underweight status in children?
It varies with age/development
but generally you use a Growth chart
What types of imaging tools can you use for malnutrition?
Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA, DEXA) (gold standard)
CT
MRI
What types of proteins do we access in malnutrition screening?
Somatic proteins
Visceral proteins
What does somatic proteins assess?
24hour urinary creatinine excretion
Measure state of skeletal muscle mass
What are examples of visceral proteins?
Albumin
Pre-albumin
Transferrin
Retinol-binding protein