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Nutrition Flashcards

1
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Why are vitamins and minerals required in the body?

A

They play a key role as co-factors or co-enzymes in mot metabolic reactions

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2
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Give examples of water soluble vitamins

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Vit C - ascorbic acid
Vit B1 - Thiamine 
Vit B2 - Riboflavin 
Vit B3 - Niacin / Nicotinic acid
Vit B5 - Pantothenic acid 
Vit B6 - Pyridoxine 
Vit B7 - Biotin 
Vit B9 - Folic acid 
Vit B12 - Cyanocobalamin
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3
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Give examples of fat soluble vitamins

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Vit A - retinol
Vit D - Cholecalciferol
Vit E - 𝜶 tocopherol
Vit K - Phytomendione

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4
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Where are water soluble vitamins absorbed?

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In the duodenum

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5
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Where are fat soluble vitamins absorbed?

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In the ileum

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6
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What absorbs Vit B12?

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Intrisic factor in the ileum

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7
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Apart from the diet, what is another source of Vit D?

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Sunlight

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8
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What does Vit A deficiency cause?

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Poor night vision

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9
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What does Vit B1 deficiency cause?

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Wernickes encephalopathy

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10
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What does Vit B7 deficiency cause?

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Hair loss

Anaemia

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11
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What does Vit B9 deficiency cause?

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Megaloblastic anaemia

Neural tube defects

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12
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What does Vit B12 deficiency cause?

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Pernicious anaemia

Peripheral neuropathy

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13
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What does Vit C deficiency cause?

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Painful joints

Scurvy

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14
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What does Vit D deficiency cause?

A

Rickets

Osteoporosis

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15
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What does Vit K deficiency cause?

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Abnormal clotting

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16
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What do folic acid supplements do in pregnancy?

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Prevent neural tube defects - spina bifida

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17
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What dose of folic acid should given to a woman with no previous history of neural tube defects?

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400mcg OD until 12th week

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18
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When should a woman be given a dose of 5mg folic acid?

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  • Previous history of neural tube defects

- Epilepsy / on anti-epileptics

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19
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What are minerals and trace elements required for?

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  • Formations of bones and teeth
  • Body fluids and tissues
  • Enzyme systems
  • Nerve function
  • Blood constituents
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20
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Give examples of minerals

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  • Calcium
  • Magnesium
  • Phosphorous
  • Sodium
  • Potassium
    Required in large amounts
21
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Give examples of trace elements

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Iron
Zinc
Iodine
Fluoride 
Selenium 
Copper
22
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What does potassium and magnesium deficiency cause?

A

Cardiac arrhythmias

23
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What does calcium and magnesium deficiency cause?

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Osteoporosis
Muscle cramps
Tetany

24
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What does zinc deficiency cause?

A

Hair loss

Poor wound healing

25
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What does iron deficiency cause?

A

Anaemia

26
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What is Wilson’s disease?

A

Build up of copper and excessive copper deposits due to an enzyme deficiency

27
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What are the problems associated with supplements?

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Toxicity / accumulation 
Supplements are expensive 
Complacency 
No control because of legal status 
Difficult to offer advice as they are not medicines
28
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What does folic acid interact with?

A

Methotrexate

29
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What does vitamin C interact with?

A

Iron

30
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What are the consequences of malnutrition

A
  • Weakness and loss of muscle mass
  • Apathy and depression
  • Reduced immune system
  • Poor wound healing
  • Increased morbidity and mortality
31
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What are the normal feeding aims?

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Energy: 25-35 kcal / kg / day
Protein: 0.8 - 1.5g / kg / day
Fluid: 30 - 35ml / kg / day

32
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What are the methods that can be used to feed patients?

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  • Normla diet
  • Enteral nutrient
  • IV fluids
  • Parenteral nutrition
33
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How is enteral nutrition administered?

A

Via gastrointestinal tract

34
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What are the benefits of EN?

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  • More physiological
  • Less risk of infection
  • Maintain GIT
  • Gut bacteria translocation
  • Lower cost
  • Easier for home patients
  • Patient ease
  • Calorie control
35
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Which patients would benefit from EN?

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  • Patients with eating / swallowing difficulties
  • Severe intestinal malabsorption
  • Increased nutritional requirements
  • Eating disorders
  • Self neglecting patients
36
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What are the routes of EN administration?

A

Oral
Naso gastric tube
Percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy (tube passed through abdominal wall)
Percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy

37
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What are the problems associated with EN?

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  • diarrhoea
  • regurgitation
  • abdominal distention
  • blocked feeding tube
  • problems with the pump
  • taste/acceptability
  • dislocation
38
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How should drugs be administered in EN patients?

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  • Use liquid preparation where possible
  • Give each drug separately
  • Flush with >20ml water before and after
  • Crushed tablets may block tube
  • Not MR or e/c
39
Q

Which drug directly interact with EN feed?

A 
Ciprofloxacin
Albumin antacids
Theophylline
Phenytoin 
Penicillamine
40
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When should TPN be used?

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  • When EN is not an option
  • When patient can’t take food in orally
  • Digestion / absorption problems
  • Unavailable GIT
41
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What are short term indications for TPN?

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  • waiting for feeding tubes
  • bowel obstruction
  • excisional surgery
  • ICU patients with multi-organ system failure
  • severe pancreatitis
  • pre-term neonates
  • acute intestinal failure
42
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What are long term indications for TPN?

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  • radiation enteritis
  • Crohns disease
  • motility disorders
  • bowel infarction
  • cancer surgery
  • chronic intestinal failure
43
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How is short term TPN administered?

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via cannula (Venflon)

44
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How is long term TPN administered?

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Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)
Hickman line
Central line : intrajugular, subclavian, femoral

45
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What needs to be monitored when a patient is on TPN?

A 
Clinical history 
U&Es
Glucose
Vitamins
LFTs
FBS
Trace elements
Fluid balance 
Weight
46
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What are TPN complications?

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  • air embolism / insertion problems
  • catheter blockage
  • line infections
  • metabolic problems
  • bone disease
  • re-feeding syndrome
47
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What is re-feeding syndrome?

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It is characterised by abnormalities in fluid balance, glucose metabolism, vitamin deficiency, hypophosphatemia, hypermagnesaemia and hypokalaemia

48
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How is re-feeding syndrome prevented?

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By introducing feed at no more than 50% of the normal requirements. Start at 10kcal / kg / day and increase slowly to meet full needs by 4-7 days

49
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What supplements should be given in re-feeding?

A

Oral thiamine 200-300mg daily
Vitamin B co-strong 1-2 three times daily
Multivitamin

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