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Flashcards in Ex 2: ASPN/AND Malnutrition Guidelines Deck (5)
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1
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What are the three broad classes of malnutrition?

A

Acute disease/injury ; chronic disease related; starvation related

2
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Inflammation signs

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increased T, HR, RR, BP, WBC, CRP, glucose, and depleted albumin

3
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How many criteria does a patient have to meet in order to be diagnosed with malnutrition?

A

x should be greater than or equal to 2

4
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Muscle Wasting regions

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Temple, clavicle, shoulders, scapula/ribs, quadriceps, calf, interosseous muscles (lower extremities inactivity, upper extremities protein malnutrition)

5
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Fat wasting

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orbital area, triceps, mid axillary

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