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2. Protein–energy malnutrition - Wikipedia

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   Specialty. Endocrinology. Protein–energy undernutrition ( PEU ), once called protein-energy malnutrition ( PEM ), is a form of malnutrition that is defined as a range of conditions arising from coincident lack of dietary protein and/or energy ( calories) in varying proportions. The condition has mild, moderate, and severe degrees.

3. Roper–Logan–Tierney model of nursing - Wikipedia

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   The Roper, Logan and Tierney model of nursing (originally published in 1980, and subsequently revised in 1985, 1990, 1998 and the latest edition in 2000) is a model of nursing care based on activities of living (ALs). It is extremely prevalent in the United Kingdom, particularly in the public sector. [1] The model is named after the authors ...

4. Nursing diagnosis - Wikipedia

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   Nursing diagnosis. A nursing diagnosis may be part of the nursing process and is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community experiences/responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes. Nursing diagnoses foster the nurse's independent practice (e.g., patient comfort or relief) compared to dependent interventions ...

5. Clinical nutrition - Wikipedia

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   Clinical nutrition centers on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of nutritional changes in patients linked to chronic diseases and conditions primarily in health care. Clinical in this sense refers to the management of patients, including not only outpatients at clinics and in private practice, but also inpatients in hospitals.

6. Parenteral nutrition - Wikipedia

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   Parenteral nutrition ( PN) is the feeding of nutritional products to a person intravenously, [1] bypassing the usual process of eating and digestion. The products are made by pharmaceutical compounding entities or standard pharmaceutical companies. [2] [3] The person receives a nutritional mix according to a formula including glucose, salts ...

7. ADIME - Wikipedia

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   ADIME, or Assessment, Diagnosis, Intervention, and Monitoring/Evaluation, is a process used to ensure high quality nutrition care to patients and clients from nutrition professionals, such as Registered Dietitians (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN). [1] [2] ADIME is used as a means of charting patient progress and to encourage a ...

8. Intrauterine growth restriction - Wikipedia

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   Intrauterine growth restriction ( IUGR ), or fetal growth restriction, is the poor growth of a fetus while in the womb during pregnancy. IUGR is defined by clinical features of malnutrition and evidence of reduced growth regardless of an infant's birth weight percentile. [5] The causes of IUGR are broad and may involve maternal, fetal, or ...

9. Nutritional epidemiology - Wikipedia

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   Nutritional epidemiology examines dietary and nutritional factors in relation to disease occurrence at a population level. [1] Nutritional epidemiology is a relatively new field of medical research that studies the relationship between nutrition and health. [2] It is a young discipline in epidemiology that is continuing to grow in relevance to ...