Basic Nutrition Information
This is how many grams of carbohydrates are needed to prevent ketosis.
What is 50 - 100 grams?
In those with severe anorexia, cardiac damage may warrant the need for constant monitoring of this.
What is EKG (telemetry)?
The term used for excess fat in the stools.
What is steatorrhea?
This is the system primarily impacted by iron-deficiency anemia.
What is the cardiovascular system?
This is the most severe complication of protein-calorie malnutrition.
What is death?
Your patient has scurvy because they lack this vitamin.
What is vitamin C?
This is how many grams of protein per kilogram of body weight your patient needs.
What is 0.8?
This is the term used for when muscle mass is lost due to anorexia.
What is sarcopenia?
Fat malabsorption due to loss of intestinal surface can be caused by one of these diseases.
What is Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or Celiac disease?
The shape of a patient with iron deficiency anemia's nails.
What is "spoon-shaped" or koilonychias?
Prominent ribs are present in this type of protein-calorie malnutrition.
What is Marasmus?
Your patient's lab values indicate they are low in iron; the BEST source for iron is this.
What is red meat?
Vegetable fats are generally this.
What is unsaturated?
For a female who is overweight, a waist circumference greater than this puts her at risk for heart disease.
What is 35 inches?
Impairment of bile acid due one of these diseases can cause fat malabsorption.
What is liver disease or cholestasis?
This type of iron has the best absorption rate.
What is heme iron?
Children with this type of protein-calorie malnutrition often have ascites.
What is kwashiorkor?
Your patient lacks intrinsic factor and thus has difficulty absorbing this vitamin.
What is vitamin B12?
This carries cholesterol into the arteries.
What is LDL?
This type of body weight problem frequently impacts those living in nursing homes.
What is "anorexia of aging"?
One of the diseases/disorders that leads to pancreatic exocrine insufficiency.
What is pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, celiac disease, or gastric surgery?
This is how a patient's RBCs examined under a microscope would be described.
What is hypochromic and microcytic?
Cardiovascular system findings in those with Kwashiorkor include these.
What are low blood pressure and low heart rate?
Your patient is deficient in vitamin D and should take in one of these items.
What is cod liver oil, fish, egg yolks, beef liver, oysters, or vitamin D fortified foods or drinks.
Aging, prolonged fasting, and sleep cause this to decrease.
What is BMR?
Individuals whose fat is distributed in this shape are at great risk for heart disease.
What is apple-shaped (android)?
These vitamins may be deficient in someone with fat malabsorption syndrome.
What are vitamins A, D, E, and K?
This helps the absorption when taken with ferrous sulfate supplements.
What is citrus or vitamin C?
The onset of this type of protein-calorie malnutrition is rapid and acute.
What is Kwashiorkor?
Your patient is experiencing RBC hemolysis because they are deficient in this vitamin.
What is vitamin E?
These vitamins are fat soluble.
Vitamins A, D, E, and K
Surgical interventions for obesity which decrease the size of the stomach cause this.
What is early satiety?
These complications can occur due to fat malabsorption syndrome.
What is malnutrition, growth failure, or fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies?
This is the most severe complication of iron-deficiency anemia.
What is heart failure?
Children with this disorder are alert and irritable.
What is Marasmus?
Your patient is deficient in calcium but will not eat/drink dairy. You recommend the patient eat this nut.
What is an almond?