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Nutritional status

the degree of balancebetween nutrient intake& nutrient requirements

Optimal nutritional status

Achieved when sufficient nutrients are consumed to support day-to-day
body needs & any increased metabolic demands d/t growth, pregnancy, or
illness

Under Nutritional Status

Occurs when nutritional reserves are depleted or when nutrient intake is
inadequate to meet day-to-day needs or added metabolic demands

Over Nutritional Status

Caused by consumption of nutrients, especially calories,sodium, & fat, in
excess of body needs

nutritional state of your patient affect healing/health?

Lifestyle factors such as cigarette smoking,stress, lack of exercise, excessive
alcohol intake,& diets high in saturated fat, cholesterol, salt,sugar, & low in
fiber

Nutritonal Screening

weight and weight history ,diet information ,routine laboratory data

,comprehensive nutritional assessment

includes dietary history and clinical information, physical examination for
clinical signs, anthropometric measures, and laboratory tests

24 hour recall

listing the types, amounts, and preparation of all foods eaten in the past 24
hours

Body Mass Index (BMI)

practial marker of optimal weight for height and indicator of obesity or
malnutrtion

anthropometric measurements

height and weight

Bitot's spots

Foamy plaques of the cornea that are a sign of vitamin A deficiency

thyroid gland

straddles the trachea responsible for T4 and T3

Preauricular lymph node

in front of the ear

posterior auricular

behind the ear

Occipital lymph nodes

base of skull

, submental lymph nodes

midline, behind the tip of the mandible

submandibular lymph nodes

halfway between the angle and the tip of the mandible

jugulodigastric lymph node

under the angle of the mandible

deep cervical lymph nodes

deep under the sternomastoid muscle

posterior cervical nodes

in the posterior triangle along the edge of the trapezius muscle

supraclavicular nodes

just above and behind the clavicle, at the sternomastoid muscle

the lymphatic system

Composed of a network of vessels, ducts, nodes, and organs. Provides
defense against infection.

nodes location that are accessible

head and neck , arms , axillae and inguinal region

headache -best diagnosis

history of headache characteristics

TTH- stands for

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