Nutrition Flashcards

1
Q

How do you calculate BMI?

A

weight in kg / square of the height in meters

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2
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Cessation of breathing for periods lasting longer than 10 seconds during sleep

A

OSA

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3
Q

What physiologic changes occur from OSA?

A

arterial hypoxemia & hypercarbia, polycythemia, systemic HTN, PHTN, & RVF

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4
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Characterized by nocturnal episodes of central apnea (apnea w/o respiratory efforts), reflecting progressive desensitization of the respiratory center to nocturnal hypercarbia

A

obesity hypoventilation syndrome

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5
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Characterized by obesity, daytime hyper somnolence, hypoxemia, hypercarbia, polycythemia, respiratory acidosis, pulmonary HTN, an RVF

A

Pickwickian syndrome

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6
Q

What is the most clinically useful approach to calculate the initial dose of a drug to be injected into an obese pt?

A

base on lean body wt rather than total body weight

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7
Q

Albumin concentration below ___ is suggestive of malnutrition

A

3g/dL

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