Exam 10: Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status

HIV wasting syndrome is typically characterized by the disproportionate loss of lean body mass and muscle wasting with relative preservation of fat mass.

Questioning a patient about changes in the way clothing fits would not be a suitable way to confirm a reported change in body weight.

Whether a person had access to and the ability to pay for health care would be considered a psychosocial factor.

Which one of the following would not be included in the physical examination component of subjective global assessment?

Which of the following would most likely be seen in a child who had mild,chronic protein-energy malnutrition?

Obtaining a patient's history is the first step in the clinical assessment of nutritional status.

The CDC has several criteria to defined the wasting syndrome caused by HIV.Which one of the following is NOT included?

The flag sign would be seen in the ________.

A clinical technique for assessing the nutritional status of a patient based on features of the patient's history and physical examination is known as ________.

Which of the following would most likely be seen in a child who had severe,short-term protein-energy malnutrition?

Stunting refers to a deficit in weight-for-height.

Because changes in the distribution of body fat and increased adiposity can occur at the same time as decreased fat-free mass in patients with HIV/AIDS,changes in weight and BMI alone may not be suitable indicators of nutritional status.

There are many medical complications associated with anorexia nervosa.Which one of the following is NOT on this list?

In kwashiorkor the loss of body weight is not as great as that seen in marasmus.

The terms "buffalo hump" and "bull neck" refer to _______.

An eating disorder characterized by episodes of binge eating followed by some behavior to prevent weight gain,such as purging,fasting,or exercising excessively is known as ________.

Which one of the following is a type of lipodystrophy sometimes seen in patients with Cushing's syndrome?

Dental erosion is most likely to be seen in a patient with ________.

Which one of the following is the actual weight of an individual having a reference weight-for-height of 160 pounds and whose percent weight-for-height is 75%?

A weight-for-height that is 75% of what would be expected would be considered ________.