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Naturally occurring sugars, starches, & fiber in food
What are carbohydrates?
A safe & economical method to provide nutritional support by delivering nutrients into the GI tract
What is enteral tube feeding?
Most common measurements used to determine total body fat, can be done at home
What are height and weight?
Accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity
What is ascites?
Method of assessment that should be conducted first to reduce the risk of false interpretation of bowels sounds
What is auscultation?
Essential for normal growth & development, tissue maintenance & repair, cellular metabolism, & organ function
What is nutrition?
Indication for an enteral access tube
What is a patient is unable to ingest food, but is still able to digest & absorb nutrients
A BMI of 30 or higher
What is obese?
A loop of intestine protruding from a weak spot in the muscular wall of the abdomen
What is a hernia?
Contains the gallbladder, duodenum, head of the pancreas, a kidney & adrenal gland, part of the ascending & transverse colon, & the liver
What is the right upper quadrant?
Difficulty swallowing, requiring more time to move food or liquids from the mouth to the stomach
What is dysphagia?
The frequency with which enteral tube placement should be checked
What is every 4-6 hours?
Fats found mostly in animal sources
What are saturated fats?
Inflammation in the RLQ often characterized by pain & rebound tenderness
What is appendicitis?
A condition in which the anterior abdominal wall is sunken and presents a concave rather than a convex contour
What is a scaphoid abdomen?
Mechanical breakdown that results from chewing, churning, & mixing with fluid & chemical reactions in which food reduces to its simplest form
What is digestion?
Positional method used to reduce risk of aspiration
What is elevate the head of the bed a minimum of 30 degrees?
Diagnosed when three or more of the following risk factors are present: (1) fasting plasma glucose level greater than or equal to 100 mg/dL; (2) blood pressure greater than or equal to 130/85 mm Hg; (3) waist circumference greater than or equal to 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women; (4) high-density lipoprotein cholesterol less than 40 in men and less than 50 in women; and (5) triglyceride levels greater than or equal to 150 mg/dL.
What is metabolic syndrome?
Ethnicity with 100% estimated incidence of lactose intolerance
Period of time for which you must listen before deciding bowel sounds are completely absent
What is 5 minutes?
Uses nutrition therapy and counseling to manage diseases
What is Medical nutrition therapy (MNT)?
Assists patients in regaining the ability to swallow food and liquids
What is speech therapy?
A systemic method of measuring the size & makeup of the body
What is anthropometry?
Autoimmune disorder resulting in an intolerance of gluten
What is celiac disease?
The rumbling or gurgling sound of hyper peristalsis
What is borborygmus?