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A surgically placed device used to give direct access to the stomach for supplemental feeding, hydration or medication
What is Gastrostomy Tube
Increased urine flow rate as well as increased urine flow/output. Diuresis may be spontaneous.
What is Diuresis
THE PROCESS OF PROVIDING OR OBTAINING THE FOOD NECESSARY FOR HEALTH AND GROWTH
What is Nutrition
Replacement of body fluids lost through sweating, exhaling, and eliminating waste.
What is Hydration
Excessive sweating due to an underlying health condition or a medication. The pronunciation of
What is Diaphoresis
Health professionals who are experts in nutrition and the human diet, scientific research, nutrition, behavioral science, and social science to promote health, prevent disease, and shape the dietary choices of healthy and sick people.
What is Dietitian
Measurement of the fluids that enter the body (intake) and the fluids that leave the body (output).
What is Intake and Output
Method of supplying nutrients directly into the gastrointestinal tract, Orogastric, Nasogastric and Gastrostomy tube feeding.
What is External Feeding
What is Pocketing
DIFFICULTY OR DISCOMFORT IN SWALLOWING; AS A SYMPTOM OF DISEASE
What is Dysphagia
To draw in or out using a suction motion
What is Aspiration
NPO
What is Nothing By Mouth
An excess of water in the body
What is Over-hydration
An individual is advised to take a limited amount of fluid each day, to prevent fluid build up in the body
What is Fluid Restriction/ Restrict Fluids
Administration of nutrients by intravenous feeding especially to patients who cannot ingest food through the digestive tract.
What is Hyperalimentation
Made up only of fluids and foods that are normally liquid and foods that turn to liquid when they are at room temperature
What is Full Liquid Diet
A condition caused by the loss of too much fluid from the body.
What is Dehydration
An eating disorder that causes people to weigh less than is considered healthy for their age and height, usually by excessive weight loss.
What is Anorexia
AN ACT OR INSTANCE OF VOMITING
What is Emesis
What is Percutaneous Endoscopic
THE PROCESS OF BREAKING DOWN FOOD BY MECHANICAL AND ENZYMATIC ACTION IN THE ALIMENTARY CANAL INTO SUBSTANCES THAT CAN BE USED BY THE BODY
What is Digestion
Type of medical catheter that's inserted through your nose into your stomach. It's used for limited periods to deliver substances such as food or medications to your stomach or to draw substances out
What is Nasogastric Tube/ Gavage
Intravenous administration of nutrition outside of the gastrointestinal tract. Total parenteral nutrition (TPN).
What is Parenteral Nutrition
A modification of a regular diet. It is modified or tailored to fit the nutrition needs of a particular person. Modified for (1) nutrients, (2) texture, and/or (3) food allergies or food intolerances.
What is Therapeutic Diet
Swelling caused by fluid in your body's tissues, usually in the feet, ankles and legs, or entire body.
What is Edema