Exam 16: Nutrition in Metabolic and Respiratory Stress

The increase in basal metabolic rate as a part of the stress response can be attributed to:

The nurse understands that the inflammatory process can cause a variety of systemic effects and monitors her patient's:

One of the initial concerns for the medical team for patients hospitalized with acute stress is to:

John has been hospitalized with a severe infection in his foot.The nurse recognizes that increasing his intake of _____ may help to suppress the inflammation.

All of the following are therapies used to manage MODS except:

Kati's protein needs will likely be calculated using a range of:

A patient who is on a tube feeding gains nine pounds in three days.The nurse realizes that this may indicate:

Mr.Jones, a critically ill patient, is 5'9" tall and weighs 176 pounds.The nurse recommends that he receive a minimum of _____ grams of protein daily.

Discuss protein requirements in a stressed patient (include specific amino acids).

What is a "stress factor"?

All of the following nutrients play a critical role in immunity and wound healing except:

Which of the following compounds is produced by white blood cells and participates in the inflammatory process?

Explain the metabolic effects of corticosteroid drugs.

Mrs.White is in the ICU for complications following surgery.She has been diagnosed with sepsis and is on a ventilator.In order to most accurately estimate her energy needs, the nurse recognizes that the preferred method to use is:

Smoking is the primary risk factor in most cases of COPD.

Recovery from an injury or illness can be hastened by hypermetabolism and positive nitrogen balance.

Laura is a critically ill patient.She is 5'4" tall and weighs 150 pounds.What are Laura's protein needs?

A parenteral feeding should supply no more than _____ milligrams of dextrose per kilogram of body weight per minute.

The first organ to fail in MODS is normally the:

Metabolic stress can result from uncontrolled infection or extensive tissue injury.