Nutritional assessment methods — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: _____ syndrome often results in missed school or overuse of medical services

Answer: Vulnerable child

Flashcard 2: What type of rash is seen in hand-foot-and-mouth disease?_____

Answer: Red, vesicular rash

Flashcard 3: The _____ is an assessment of newborn vital signs following labor via a 10-point scale evaluated at 1 minute and 5 minutes

Answer: Apgar score

Flashcard 4: What malnutrition disorder presents as a small child with a swollen abdomen? _____

Answer: Kwashiorkor

Flashcard 5: Vitamin _____ excess increases risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in infants

Answer: E

Flashcard 6: What is the pharmacological management for nocturnal (sleep) enuresis?

Answer: Pharmacotherapy: Desmopressin (preferred), Imipramine

Extra: Desmopressin (DDAVP) is usually the preferred first-line pharmacological treatment for nocturnal enuresis due to fewer adverse effects compared to Imipramine (TCA). Initial management involves behavioral modification and bed-wetting alarms.

Flashcard 7: What is the primary nutritional deficiency in Marasmus?

Answer: Deficiency of non-protein calories (total energy intake)

Extra: Marasmus is characterized by severe muscle wasting and loss of subcutaneous fat ('skin and bones' appearance), typically without edema. This contrasts with Kwashiorkor, which is primarily a protein deficiency and presents with pitting edema.

Flashcard 8: kwashiorkor

Answer: protein malnutrition

Extra: Skin lesions, edema, liver malfunction, anemia, fatty liver