Nutritional Support and Approach to Cases Flashcards
for which stones should you look for an RSS tested diet?
struvite
calcium oxalate
what is providing nutritional support positively associated with?
hospital discharge and shorter length of hospitalization
are gastrostomy tubes more useful long or short-term?
long-term
what should you use to compare diets?
nutrient amount by calories of food
when can you not use labels to compare foods?
if using percentages: different moisture or calories
what should the diet be like for calcium oxalate stones?
low oxalate ingredients
controlled calcium with good calcium to phosphorous ratio
avoid vitamin C supplementation
low relative supersaturation
what should the diet be like for struvite stones?
controlled magnesium
controlled phosphorous
controlled protein
acidify urine
on what day of anorexia do enterocytes start to atrophy?
day 3
when do immune function and healing decrease in anorexia?
day 4
which patients are high risk for nutritional assessment?
debilitated
growth/gestation
muscle wasting
what are the options for assisted feeding?
nasoesophageal tube
esophagosstomy tube
gastrostomy tube
jejunostomy tube
parenteral nutrition
do esophagostomy tubes require anesthesia?
yes
can be used long term
what are gastrostomy tubes like?
larger
bypasses esophagus
requires anesthesia
long term use
