Phenylketonuria Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A nurse is helping a school-age child who has celiac disease select menu items for the next day’s meals and snacks. Which of the following foods should the nurse encourage the client to choose? A Slice chicken breast on whole wheat bread B Beef, barley, and vegetable soup C Graham crackers with peanut butter D A cheese omelet with orange juice 2 A nurse is providing dietary teaching to a parent of a 10-month-old infant who has phenylketonuria. Which of the following responses by the par...

MED SURG HESI EXIT EXAM/Latest 2023/Test Bank Following discharge teaching, a male client with duodenal ulcer tells the nurse the he will drink plenty of dairy products, such as milk, to help coat and protect his ulcer. What is the best follow-up action by the nurse? A male client with hypertension, who received new antihypertensive prescriptions at his last visit returns to the clinic two weeks later to evaluate his blood pressure (BP). His BP is 158/106 and he admits that he has not b...

What is phenylketonuria? correct answers an inherited inability to metabolised phenylketonuria which if untreated causes brain and nerve damage what is phenylalanine? correct answers an essential amino acid that when injested is transformed to form tyrosine (used in protein synthesis. too little slows physical and intellectual growth but too much is toxic) What does teratogenic mean? correct answers relating to or causing developmental malformations What is microcephaly? correct answers...

ATI PEDS PROCTORED EXAM 2022/2023 (Revised Full Exam) Correct Questions and Answers. 1. A nurse is providing teaching to the parents of a school aged child who has ADHD. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? a. Place the childs daily activities on an organizational chart 2. A nurse is caring for a child who has sickle cell anemia. Which of the following findings is a priority for the nurse to report to the provider? a. Facial twitching 3. A nurse in the PACU is car...

Presentation pf PKU correct answers Developmental delay Microcephaly Eczema Unusual smell Enzyme affected in PKU correct answers Lack of phenylalanine hydroxylase Most common inborn error in protein metabolism correct answers PKU What is elevated in PKU correct answers Phenylalanine Why is phenylalanine raised in PKU correct answers PAH deficiency Cofactor deficiency BH4 Liver disease Galactosaemia Heritability of PKU correct answers AR Chromosome involved in PKU correct ...

When preparing to obtain a neonatal screening test for phenylketonuria (PKU), the neonate must have received which of the following to ensure reliable results? 1. A feeding of an iron-rich formula. 2. Nothing by mouth for 4 hours before the test. 3. Initial formula or breast milk at least 24 hours before the test. 4. A feeding of glucose water. correct answers 3. PKU is an autosomal recessive disorder involving the absence of an enzyme needed to metabolize the essential amino acid, phenylal...

etiology correct answers inborn error of metabolism caused by significantly decreased activity of liver enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase, resulting in increased blood levels of the amino acid phenylalanine -may also be caused by impaired synthesis or recycling of tetrahydobiopterin (BH4), a necessary cofactor for phenylalanine hydroxylase clinical features in children correct answers severe intellectual disability, seizures, irritability, musty odor, eczema clinical features in older ch...

*Undiagnosed phenylketonuria* 1) Failure to to attain early developmental milestones 2) Microcephaly 3) *Progressive impairment of cerebral function* 4) Seizures 5) Hypopigmentation 6) *"Musty odor" of sweat and urine* correct answers Phenylketonuria Dx studies of Phenylketonuria (3) correct answers 1) *Routine neonatal screening* 2) In the US and many developed countries, all neonates are screened for PKU 24 to 48 h after birth with one of several blood tests; abnormal results a...

PKU correct answers ___ aka phenylketonuria. An autosomal recessive gene. results in severe retardation. phenylalanine correct answers ____ is an amino acid, classic PKU is a genetic disorder caused by the faulty metabolism of ___. Essential to life, found in all protein foods. phenylalanine hydrolase correct answers hepatic enzyme which is needed to convert phenylalanine into tyrosine. phenylalanine accumulates in blood. Phenylpyruvic acid appears in urine. musty odor correct answers i...

ATI PEDS PROCTORED EXAM 2023 -2024 VERIFIED QUESTION and ANSWERS 100% GRADED A 1. A nurse is providing teaching to the parents of a school aged child who has ADHD. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? a. Place the childs daily activities on an organizational chart 2. A nurse is caring for a child who has sickle cell anemia. Which of the following findings is a priority for the nurse to report to the provider? a. Facial twitching 3. A nurse in the PACU is caring f...