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Amino Acids
Proteins are made of small building blocks
26.427
Aspiration
Choking
26.447
Carbohydrates
Energy foods – produce heat and energy
26.427
Cellulose
Fiber or roughage maintained in bowel regularity
26.427
Clear Liquid Diet
Temporary diet, primarily water and carbohydrates
26.431
Defecation
Bowel movement
26.431
Dehydration
Inadequate fluid intake
26.440
Diaphoresis
Excessive perspiration
26.440
Digestion
Process of breaking down foods into simple substances that can be used by the body cells for nourishment
26.427
Diuresis
Excessive urine output
26.440
Dysphagia
Difficulty swallowing food or liquids
26.437
Edema
Excessive fluid retention
26.440
Emesis
Vomitus
26.447
Enternal Feeling
Tubes inserted into the digestive tract
26.447
Essential Nutrients
Substances that can be used by the body cells for nourishment
26.427
Exchange List
List of measured foods that allows equivalent exchanges between foods within a designated food group
26.434
Excrete
Eliminates from the body
26.440
Fats
Energy foods that produce heat and energy
26.427
Fluid Balance
Balance between liquid intake and liquid output
26.439
Force Fluids
Encourage patients to drink fluids
26.440
Full Liquid Diet
Supply nourishment and can be used for longer than clear liquid diet, anything liquid or melted at room temperature
26.431
Gastrostomy Feeding
Inserted directly through abdominal skin and into the stomach
26.448
Graduate
A container marked in mL or cc
26.440
Hyperalimentation
Technique in which high-density nutrients are introduced into a large vein
26.447
Intake & Output (I & O)
Fluid taken in and given off by the body
26.440
Intravenous Infusion (IV)
Nourishment given through a sterile tube into a vein
26.447
Jejunostomy Tube (J-tube)
Long, small-bore tube that is threaded through the GI tract until the tip reaches the small intestines
26.448
Mechanical Soft Diet
Commonly served to patients who have no teeth, or serious dental problems
26.435
Mechanically Altered
Consistency and texture modified, food easier to chew and swallow
26.435
Minerals
Help to build body tissue specially bones and teeth
26.428
Nasogastric (NG) Feeding
Inserted through the nose into the stomach
26.447
Nourishments
Substantial food items given to patients to increase nutrient intake
26.436
Nutrients
Food that: supply heat and energy, build and repair body tissue, and regulate body functions
26.427
Nutrition
Entire process by which the body takes in food for growth and repair and uses it to maintain health
26.427
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
Surgically inserted by threading the tube through the patient’s mouth and into the stomach
26.448
Protein
An essential nutrient-based material of every body cell – only nutrient that can make new cells/ rebuild tissue
26.427
Pureed Diet
Blended with gravy or liquid until it is the consistency of pudding
26.435
Push Fluids
Encourage patients to drink fluids
26.440
Soft Diet
Intake consisting of low-residue, mildly flavored, easily digested food
26.432
Therapeutic Diets
Planned and prepared according to a patient’s individual health problems
26.433
Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)
A complete IV solution containing proteins, carbohydrates, and fats (hyperalimentation)
26.447
Vitamins
Substances that regulate body processes
26.428