Nutrition/Fluids Flashcards
3 cases where you can have fictitious hyponatremia
hypercholesteremia
hyperglycemia
hyperlipidemia
How do you diagnose Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency?
triene /tetratene ratio 0.4, or 0.2 depending on site
How Much Na in NA Bolus?
1.5 meq Na per 10 ml/kg
Major extracellular buffers, acid-base?
HCO3, phosphates, proteins,
major
buffer system is CO2 that crosses brain, and stimulates chemoreceptors to increase respiratory drive
Pitiocin can cause what electrolyte derangement in newborn?
Hypernatremia
Signs of Vitamin E deficiency?
anemia, hemolysis, THROMBOCYTOSIS, neurologic deficits
Vitamin B1 Deficiency (Thiamine) Is associated with what disorders?
pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency, and maple syrup urine disease
what are signs of B12 deficiency?
poor weight gain, anemia, methylmalonic acidemia and homocystinuria
What are some benefits of lactose?
Enhances absorption of calcium and magnesium
promotes intestinal growth of lactobacilli
short-chain glucose polymer more easily absorbed than long chain
What are the 6 trace elements?
Chromium, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Selenium, zinc
What are the major intracellular buffers?
bone apatite
Hgb
orghanic phosphates
What are the two essential fatty acids?
Lenoleic acid and Alpha linolenic acid
What critical fatty acids are transferred across placenta?
Arachionic acid and docosahexaenoic acid
What EKG changes do you see in hyperkalemia?
peaked t waves, loss of p waves, wide QRS, st segment depression
what happens to undigested lactose?
20% reaches colon
what is another name for triene to tetraene ratio?
Mead acid: arachindonic acid
What is average energy expenditure of FETUS per day?
35 to 55 kcal/kg/day
What is difference between whey and casein?
Whey has greater cysteine and less methionine