Pediatrics Flashcards
What is a neonate?
Birth to 30 days
What is an infant?
30 days to 1 year
What is a child?
1 year to 12 years
What is an adolescent?
12 years to ?
What is growth rate?
Weight per time (grams/day or grams/week)
Body composition
Percentage change based on age
Fat (fluctuates over time)
Protein (increases over time)
Water (decreases over time)
Composition of new growth
Percentage change based on age
Fat (decreases over time)
Protein (increases over time)
Water (typically increases over time)
What factors play into energy expenditure?
- Basal metabolism
- Energy use efficiency
- Growth
- Metabolic response
- Physical activity
- Thermoregulation
What is basal metabolism?
baseline energy used to sustain life
What is energy use efficiency?
how completely energy is used
What is growth (in terms of energy)?
the energy needed to develop and grow
What is metabolic response (in terms of energy)?
the energy needed to process intake
What is physical activity (in terms of energy)?
the energy used for motion
What is thermoregulation?
energy used to maintain termperature
Hypothermic = metabolic response _, physical activity _
slows down, slows down
Hyperthermic = metabolic response _, physical activity _
speeds up, speeds up
(T/F) Euthermic requires a bunch of energy
true
What is the carbohydrate recommendation at 2 years old?
50-60% of energy intake, 10% from simple sugars
What does the typical north american diet consist of in terms of carbs?
< 20% from complex carbs, >25% from sucrose
_% of energy in human milk as lactose
40%
_% of energy in cow milk as lactose
20%
What are carbohydrate components?
Complex carbohydrates
Simple sugars
What are simple sugars?
Sucrose, fructose
What is sucrose broken down into?
Fructose and glucose
Concerns of Sucrose
Predisposition to obesity
Predisposition to insulin resistance
Risk factor for dental caries
Concerns of Fructose
Slower brush border diffusion than glucose
No stimulation of insulin secretion
No enhancement or leptin production
Easy conversion to hepatic triglycerides
What is the main source of infant energy?
Lipids
How much energy comes from lipids in human milk?
50%
What is the importance of lipids?
Brain development CNS myelination Cell membrane phospholipids Prostaglandin and leukotriene synthesis Fat-soluble vitamin absorption
What is the lipid recommendation in year 1?
lipids should be 40-50% of energy in year 1
What is the lipid recommendation in year 2 and older?
lipids should be 30% of energy in year 2 and older
How much lipids should come from saturated and polyunsaturated fats?
= 10%
The american academy of pediatrics recommends how much caloric intake from fat?
30%
How much protein is used for growth in neonates?
80%
How much protein is used for growth in 1 year olds?
20%