2024 HESI Nutrition Proctored Exam 3 Guaranteed A+ Actual Questions and Answers, Complete 100%

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1. Marasmus: Answer: generally a calorie malnutrition in which body fat and protein are wasted. serum proteins are often preserved 2. kwashiorkor: Answer: lack of protein quantity or quality in ... the presence of adequate calories 3. marasmic-kwashiorkor: Answer: combined protein and energy malnutrition. This problem often presents clinically when metabolic stress is imposed on a chronically starved patient. 4. malnutrition: Answer: Multi-nutrient problem. protein catabolism exceeds protein intake and synthesis, resulting in negative nitrogen balance, weight loss, decreased muscle mass, and weakness 5. respiratory muscle atrophy, decreased cardiac output, malabsorption, hypoproteinemia, decreased activity tolerance, intolerance to cold, edema, dry flaking skin, dermatitis, poor wound healing, infection, particularly postoperative infection and sepsis: Answer: complications of severe malnutrition 6. poverty, substance abuse, decline in functional ability to eat independently, dental problems, dysphagia, infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV, diarrhea, vomiting, chemotherapy, catabolic processes such as prolonged immobility increase nutrient requirements and metabolic losses: Answer: causes of malnutrition [Show More]

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