Nutrtional History Flashcards
Dietary history includes
Methods to determine quality of food/bevs
24 day diet
pros
cons
quality/availability of meals, diets/suplements, alcohol/drugs/meds/activity/illness
24 hour recall or multiday diet record
retrospective
accurate
may not reflect avg day, foods forgotten, estimates quantity
Multiday diet record
good analysis of
con
prospective
quantity, nutrient analysis
indiv eat different when recording
Signif barrier to nutrition
Special diets risk
food consumption altered by
Calorie intake dependent on
availability of foods/bevs
malnutrition- diff appropriate nutrition
alcohol, drugs, meds (anorexia, excessive intake)
Activity, chronic dz, acute illness
Nutrient loss cause
C\_\_\_ E\_\_\_\_\_ I\_\_\_\_\_\_ M\_\_\_\_\_ W\_\_\_\_\_\_
CKD- hemo/peritoneal dialysis
Enteric fistula/obs
IBD
Malabsorption
Wounds
Hypermetabolic nutritional issues
A\_\_\_ B\_\_\_ C\_\_\_\_ C\_\_\_\_\_ F\_\_\_\_\_ M\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ S\_\_\_\_\_ T\_\_\_\_\_\_
AIDS Burns CP Dz Cirrhosis Fever Malignancy Sepsis Trauma
Anti nutrient substances
A_____ ____
C______
I_______
A______
Alcohol abuse
Chronic steroid use
Immunosuppresants
Antimetabolites (Metho, Antitumor)
Infant/young child, assess for nutritional status via
Children vs adults (BMI)
Underweight Normal Over Obesity (Class 1/Class 2) Morbid Obesity
weight/length/head circ/weight for length
C- <5, 5-85th, 85-95, (95-120)/(120-140), >140
A- <18.5, 18.5-25, 25-30, (30-35/>35), >40
Be concerned w wl
Muscle wasting areas involved
Measure muscle masss at
Value suggesting dec skeletal muscle mass
Body fat stores measured in
Tricep skin fold less than ___ indicates exhausted fat stores
> 5% over month, >10% over 6 mn
Temporal of head, interosseus of hands
1/2 olecranon process/acromion (Mean upper arm circum)
<22 (women) <23 male
triceps fold thickness (but most subQ)
3
Xerophthalmia indicates
Corneal scarring
Hyperkeratosis
Vitamin A def
Best surrogates for nutritional adequacy
Most senstivie measure of long term nutrition
Short term
Dec suggest
May also be low bc of
Both are ___, may be elevated in
Serum albumin/prealbumin
Albumin, prealbumin
undernutrition (proportional to protein calorie undernutrition)
anabolism (burn/trauma/illness), HF, nephrotic syndrome, LD
Acute phase reactant, inflamm states
Measure skeletal muscle mass
Low levels indicate
Also seen in
Serum creatinine
calorie undernutrition/muscle wasting
RF, dehydration, ACE/ARB/trimethoprim, cirrhosis
BUN indicates, low for
High values can occur despite protein undernutrition in
Low levels despite adequate nutrition in
protein intake, dec short term intake
RF, HF, GI hem
LD/anabolism
Serum cholesterol can indicate
Low levels in
High levels can be seen in
calorie undernutrition
calorie undernutrition, chronic debilitating dz
genetics, chronic dz
Total lymphs
in healthy indiv, low count indicates
also seen in
poor indicator
calorie-protein undernutrition
AIDS, bone marrow suppression, cancer, CS
Basal energy expenditure (BMR)
Men estimated
Women estimated
estimates daily calories needed based on oxygen cons at rest
26-30 kcal/kg (12-14 per pound)
22-24 kcal/kg (10-11 per pound)