Nutrition

Question 1

Malnutrition

Answer 1

Eating in a diet which one or more nutrients is not enough or too much, such that they cause health problems

Question 2

Under nutrition

Answer 2

not eating enough nutrients, effects organs and body systems

Question 3

Intestinal ileus

Answer 3

Temporary lack of normal muscle contractions of the intestines
cramping, bloating, vomiting, nausea, constipation

Question 4

intestinal atrophy

Answer 4

intestinal vili erode
vili are essential for absorbing nutrients

Question 5

Dysrexia

Answer 5

change in apetite, altered food intake

Question 6

Hyporexia

Answer 6

decreased apetite and food intake

Question 7

Hunger

Answer 7

physically driven

Question 8

Appetite

Answer 8

mentally driven

Question 9

causes of anorexia

Answer 9

underlying disease, nausea, stress, medication, pain

Question 10

Pseudo-Anorexia

Answer 10

patient who wants to eat but is unable to
difficulty chewing, picking up and swallowing food

Question 11

assisted feeding

Answer 11

more than 2-5 days no eating
anorexia predicted 3-5 days or longer
low BCS
rapid weight loss

Question 12

RER

Answer 12

2-30kg - (30xBWT) + 70
<2 >30kg - 70 (BWT)0.75

Question 13

overfeeding

Answer 13

pain, refeeding syndrome

Question 14

Enteral nutrition

Answer 14

feeding tube, using the gut

Question 15

Parental nutrition

Answer 15

intravenous nutrition

Question 16

feeding schedule

Answer 16

feed 25-30% of the patients RER in the first 24hrs

Question 17

Naso-oesophageal tube

Answer 17

placed via nasal cavity into the oesophagus or stomach
no GA
last from 3-5 days

Question 18

Oesophagostomy tube

Answer 18

GA required
3-4 weeks into eosophangus

Question 19

Gastrostomy tube

Answer 19

surgically placed
removed in 10-14 days of placement, needs clot to form

Question 20

Jejunostomy tube

Answer 20

surgically placed directally into the small intestines

Question 21

feeding tube care

Answer 21

flush before and after use, clamp tube, site cleaned, checked daily

Question 22

looking for - feeding tubes

Answer 22

salivation, gulping, reaching, vommit, stress, diarrhoea, blocked tube