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Nutrition Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cardiac Diet | admitted with or have re-exisiting heart disease, low fat/cholesterol diet |
| Diabetic Diet | metabolic disorder prescribed # of calories, fats, carbs and proteins |
| Gluten Free Diet | - for celiac disease, atrophy of the mucosa - complete elimination of gluten |
| High-calorie Diet | - excessive weigth loss, cannot reach or maintain healthy weight |
| High-Protein Diet | need to gain weight or for tissue repair |
| No added salt/ Na restricted | problems w/ fluid retention or congestive heart failure |
| Progressive Diet | introduce food in stages, major surgery or gastrointestinal illness |
| Pureed Diet | Cannot chew or who have dysphagia |
| When would a TPN feed be ordered? | - severely malnourished - receiving radiation/chemo and malnourished - major surgery, severe burns - prolonged coma |
| metabolic disorder | condition characterized by the body's inability to synthesize or process food into forms the body can use for engery |
| hiatus hernia | condition which the upper part of the stomach moves up into the chest through a hole in the diaphram |
| bard button | feeding device placed permanently in the stomach |
| G-tube | feeding tube inserted though an incision in the abdomen |
| Peg Tube | feeding tube inserted via endoscopy into the stomach or jejunum |
| J-Tube | feeding tube plaed through the abdomen wall into the small bowel |
| NG-tube | feeding tube put through the nose into the stomach |
| Fluid retention | accumulation of fluid in body tissue or body cavities |
| Dysphagia | difficulty swallowing |
| Enteral Feed | feeding y tube directly into the gastrointestinal system |
| gastric suction | gentle suction applied to a tube placed in the stomach to remove excessive secretion that tend to accumulate in the stomach |
| metabolic rate | amount of engery expended in a given period or the physical changes that occur in the body that result in heat production |
| bowel sounds present | audible return of gastrointestinal movement or function |
| metabolism | the physiological and biochemical process that promote growth and sustain life |
| What does NPO mean? | nothing by mouth for 8-12 hours |
| Activity | individual in hospital are typically inactive |
| Age | older people need less calories, children need more |
| Gender | men need more, hormones play role in metabloic rate |
| Genetics | body structure |
| Illness | fever, trauma and surgery raise a persons metabloic rate |
| Pregnancy | metabolism increase to meet engery demands |
| How many grain products should an adult eat in a day | 6-8 |
| How many food groups are there? | 4 |
| What is the "other" food group | oils/fats |
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