Nutritional assessment-part 2

Question 1

What does a biochemical assessment examine?

Answer 1

• Visceral and somatic proteins
• Hematological assessment
• Lipid profile
• Micronutrient assessment
• Immunicompetence assessment

Question 2

What is the difference between visceral and somatic proteins?

Answer 2

• Viscera: organs, blood proteins, immune cells

- Somatic: muscle tissue proteins

Question 3

How do we measure visceral proteins?

Answer 3

Measuring serum proteins
=> circulatory proteins that reflects state of organs

Rationale: less organ mass and substrate supply=> less synthesis of serum proteins

Question 4

When is hemoglobin deficient? To what can in be due?

Answer 4

Men<140 g/L
Women <120 g/L

Due to PEM