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Lecture 5: Nutrition, Fluids, and Electrolyte Therapy Flashcards

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What should we not base our nutrition assessment solely on?

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Weight

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What goes into a nutrition assessment?

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  • BMI
  • Unintentional weight change
  • Changes in PO intake
  • Severity of illness
  • IBW
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What is the criteria to diagnose malnutrition?

ASPEN Criteria

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  • Insufficient caloric intake (energy intake)
  • Wt loss
  • Loss of muscle mass
  • Loss of subcutaneous fat (Body Fat)
  • Localized or generalized fluid accumulation masking wt loss (Fluid accumulation)
  • Diminished functional status (Grip strength)

At least 2

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What can long-term overfeeding result in?

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  • Hepatic steatosis
  • Ureagenesis
  • Immunosuppression (esp w/ liquids)
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What equations are used to determine nutrition requirements?

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  • Harris Benedict
  • Mifflin-St Jeor
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Quick rule of thumb for estimating caloric needs and protein needs based on IBW

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  • Cal: 25-30/kg/d
  • Protein: 1.2g/kg/d

Burn pts may require more protein, up to 2g/kg

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What is the preferred method of feeding?

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PO

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When do we start enteral or parenteral feeding?

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7-10d of no oral intake and if its going to be in for at least 5 days.

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How does enteral nutrition work?

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Direct entry into GI system at stomach or small intestine

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CIs to enteral nutrition

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  • GI hemorrhage
  • Peritonitis
  • Severe ileus
  • Bowel obstruction distal to access site
  • Intestinal ischemia
  • Malabsorptive disorders with high volume diarrhea
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How do we start enteral nutrition?

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  • Low rate, tapering up after 24-48h
  • Monitoring for N/V/D/C/abd pain
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How are macronutrients presented in parenteral nutrition?

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  • Carbs: Dextrose (50%-60%)
  • Protein: Crystalline amino acids (15%-25%)
  • Lipids: Polyunsaturated long-chain triglycerides like soybean oil (20%-25%)

parenteral has the highest risk.

alphabetically in order of highest to lowest proportion CLP

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What is refeeding syndrome?

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Electrolyte abnormalities that occur during reinstitution of carbs to a starved patient

Phosphate, Mg, and K depletion may occur

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What is the typical breakdown of macronutrients in parenteral nutrition?

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  • Carbs: 50-60%
  • Proteins: 15-25%
  • Lipids: 20-25%
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What kind of access does parenteral nutrition require?

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Central venous access due to its hyperosmolar nature.

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How often do we recheck labs in pts on TPN?

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  • Glucose: every few hrs
  • BMP: Q8-12h
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What is the general breakdown of fluid in the body?

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  • ICF: 2/3
  • ECF: 1/3

Within ECF: 75% is interstitial, 25% is intravascular.

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How do you approximate TBW (total body water)?

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60% of body weight in males

50% for a female

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Example distribution of TBW

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Normal minimal obligatory water intake

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Where is most fluid loss through?

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What requires increased water intake? (7 conditions)

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  • Fever
  • Sweating
  • Burns
  • Tachypnea
  • Surgical drains
  • Polyuria
  • Ongoing GI losses
  • 100-150 mL/d for every degree of body temp above 37C
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4 main ways we lose water from our body

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  1. Urine: 500 mL
  2. Skin: 500 mL
  3. Respiratory tract: 400 mL
  4. Stool: 200 mL
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How do we estimate water requirements?

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  • 35 mL/kg/d = 35x70 = 2450 mL/d
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Na requirements daily
* 1-3 meqs/kg/d * **0.45% saline contains 77 meq NaCl/L**
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K requirements daily
* **1 meq/kg/d** (50-100 daily) * Osmotically as active as sodium, so adding 40 mEq to 0.45% saline creates 3/4 isotonic saline. * Commonly added as 20meq/L | Oral is most preferred
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Why do we only infuse potassium at 10 meq/hr?
Rapid administration causes a burning sensation
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How do we estimate hypokalemia?
1 mmol/L below normal => total deficit of 200-400 mmol
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How do we calcuate the potassium deficit and correct it?
* Deficit in mmol = (normal K lower limit - measured K) x BW in kg x 0.4 * **10 mEq of KCl** raises serum by abt **0.13 mEq for normal kidneys.** | 1 mmol = 1 mEq
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Average dosing to tx hypokalemia
40 to 100 mmol/d
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What are the 3 primary mechanisms we utilize to treat hyperkalemia?
1. Membrane stabilizer: calcium gluconate 2. Redestribution: insulin + B2 agonist (albuterol) 3. Removal: Kayexalate or hemodialysis
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Why do we want to make sure glucose is normal and how?
* If glucose is low, protein and body fat will get consumed. (**Protein-sparing effect**) * We need about **100-200g/d**
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What are colloid solutions? (2)
* Large molecules that **DO NOT PASS** through membranes * When infused, they remain in the intravascular compartment and expand intravascular volume by drawing fluid from extravascular spaces. | Albumin is the most common?
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What are crystalloids? (3)
* Small molecules that **flow between cell membranes** * Increase fluid volume in both intra and extravascular spaces. * Subdivided into isotonic/hypotonic/hypertonic
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What is the danger with infusing sodium too fast?
Central pontine myelinolysis can occur
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What are the isotonic crystalloids? (4)
* NS (0.9%) * LR's * D5W (5% dextrose in water) * Ringer's acetate solution
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What is in NS? (2)
* 154 meq of Na * 154 meq of Cl
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What is in LR/hartmann solution? (5)
* 130 meq of Na+ * 4 meq of K+ * 3 meq of Ca+ * 109 meq of Cl- * 28 meq of HCO3- | Most physiologically adaptable due to similarity to body composition.
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When is LR typically used? (5)
* Burn injuries * GI tract losses * Fistula drainage * Fluid losses due to burn/trauma * Acute blood loss or hypovolemia d/t 3rd spacing
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What is the concern with using LR? (3)
* LR **cannot be used in someone with liver dz**, or it will make bicarb * Caution in **severe renal impairment** d/t K * Do not give in **someone with pH > 7.5**
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What happens when D5W is metabolized?
Hypotonia, causing fluid shift inward to cells.
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How many calories is D5W?
170 cal
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What are the primary options in treating hypovolemia via fluids? (2)
Volume expansion: NS or LR | We want intravascular volume expansion
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How do we treat dehydration/hyperosmolarity? (Not hypovolemia)
**Free water replacement**, aka D5W or 0.45% saline
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In post-op pts, how do we manage fluids?
**NS is preferred** because narcotics can stimulate SIADH.
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Why does NS cause volume expansion? (3)
* Free water gets distributed * Na stays outside of cells * NS essentially has no free water.
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What is the 4 2 1 rule of peds for maintenance fluids?
* First 10kg = 4 cc/kg/hr * Second 10kg = 2 cc/kg/hr * 1cc/kg/hr after | Maintenance fluids
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What is the IVF rate for an adult?
wt (kg) + 40 per hour.

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