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Old People
Little People
What you eat is what you are
Potent Potables
100

Vitamin D RDA for a children and adolescents

400 IU/day
100

In geriatric patients, the Vd of hydrophilic drugs is what?

decreased

100

Chloramphenicol given to a baby may lead to what?

gray baby syndrome

100

If there is not enough information for an RDA to be set of a particular nutrient, which of the following gets set instead of an RDA?

adequate intake

100
Gentamicin is a hydrophilic drug. What would you expect the Vd to be in an infant compared to an infant?

higher Vd

200
What % of elemental calcium is calcium carbonate

40%

200

What is the most common acute geriatric problem?

UTI

200

What two drugs could potentially lead to kernicterus in a baby?

sulfonamides and ceftriaxone

200
The RDA for a drug is 1000 mg/day. The AI for the same drug is 800 mg/day.
Cannot have both an AI and an RDA!
200

A pediatric patient in the hospital is going to be started on morphine. What information is important to know as the first step?

age, weight, height

300

What is the calcium RDA for a 78 year old women?

1200 mg/day

300

What do the two S's stand for in the SPICES acronym relating to geriatric syndromes?

Sleep Disorders, Skin Breakdown

300

What was used as a bacteriostatic agent for injectable drugs and lead to gasping syndrome?

benzyl alcohol
300

This is how food and nutrients affect gene expression and how individual affect gene expression and how individual genetic variation affects response to nutrients.

Nutrigenomics

300

What is found in folate, B6, and B12 and could potentially play a role as a risk factor for vascular disease and therefore vascular dementia?

homocysteine

400

A serving of fried chicken contains 900 calories. Somehow, there are only 10 grams of fat. What percentage of calories comes from fat?

10%

400

What DS's are recommended for postmenopausal elderly women?

vitamin D, calcium, vitamin B12

400

What is the gastric pH of a full term infant at birth?

6-8

400

What recognize the role of nutrients in decreasing the risk of chronic disease and promoting optimal health. 

Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI)

400

Broad spectrum antibiotics can change the gut flora. This could potentially lead to a deficiency of what vitamin? (be specific)

menaquinone (vitamin k)

500

In what percentile range is a child considered overweight?

85th-95th percentile

500

What is the leading cause of healthcare expenditures?

falls

500

Why should a corticosteroid be used cautiously and sparingly for no more than 3-5 days?

may impact growth and development if used chronically

500
What are terms such as light, low, reduced calorie, high, etc on a DS label known as?

nutrient content claims

500

Why would tocolytic therapy be necessary?

allow time for antenatal steroids