Dysphagia Diets
Any form of consumption that is impacted by difficulty swallowing or eating/drinking by mouth.
What is dysphagia?
This is provided to patients who cannot swallow or safely swallow at all. Food is given through the nasal cavity most often.
What is tube feeding?
The most abundant and most important molecule in the human body.
What is water?
This organ is responsible for processing most of the body's fluid intake/output.
What are the kidneys?
When the body does not have enough fluids to function properly or survive.
What is dehydration?
A diet often provided to someone who has dysphagia, but has a functioning GI tract. It is meant to make swallowing food easier and pose a lesser risk to aspiration.
What is a puree diet?
The best tool/scan to ensure that tubes and IVs are placed correctly for both enteral and parenteral feedings.
What is an Xray?
1.5 L needed for 1 kCal of energy
How much water is needed by the body?
Some examples of ______ that are important to consider when calculating fluid intake are soups, jello, broths, and gravies.
What is liquid food?
When the kidneys fail to filter water and blood and cannot produce urine to eliminate waste.
What is renal failure?
A diet often provided to diabetics, in which their blood sugar can fluctuate quickly. This helps control their blood sugar, and prevents it from dropping too fast.
What is consistent carb diet?
The diet someone needs if they cannot or should not digest food in their GI tract.
What is a TPN diet?
Interstitial, intravenous, lymph, transcellular, and organ fluid
What are some fluids found outside of the cellular space?
This can result from a person not outputting as much fluids as they are intaking.
What is edema/swelling?
This mineral is often the cause of fluid retention when consumed in excess.
What is sodium?
A diet provided to someone who needs to have no food in their stomach and intestines, often when a colonoscopy is being performed soon.
What is a clear liquid diet?
When food moves into the small intestine too fast. Can cause severe pain/cramps, tachycardia, and flushing.
What is dumping syndrome?
______ have the most water, men and women do not need this much water as they age.
What are children/infants?
Urination, feces, vomiting, and perspiration are all example of ______.
What is fluid output?
What is the adrenal cortex?
A diet that restricts nothing to be consumed by mouth, or orally.
What is an NPO diet?
When a person's GI tract is not functioning at all, food can be given through an IV into their blood.
What is parenteral intake?
Apple juice, ginger ale, jello, water/ice are examples of this type of liquid.
What is a clear liquid?
This number should be essentially equal to the amount of output a person makes.
What is fluid intake?
The enzymes that are responsible for fluid retention and regulating blood pressure. They're produced by the kidney and liver.
What are renin, angiotensin, ADH, and vasopressin?