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Macronutrients and organic compounds essential to normal metabolic processes |
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Foods that are of value and supply the energy required for the body's maintenance, growth and repair |
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Mixtures such as nutrients in water, the form required for the processes of ingestion, digestion, absorption and elimination |
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An equilibrium obtained when nitrogen intake and protein anabolism is equal to or exceeds nitrogen output, or catabolism of protein |
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The most common lipids which contain three fatty acids |
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Energy sources consisting of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen |
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A thick, semifluid mass resulting from gastric digestion |
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A muscle of the urethra that allows most people to have voluntary control over eliminating urine when they desire |
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external urethral spincter muscle |
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A muscle of the anus that is normally voluntary control of muscles and nerves after the age of two |
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external anal sphincter muscle |
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Stools that are greenish yellow with mucus and passed by the newborn for approx. seven days after birth |
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The initial stool caused by a newborn, generally within twenty-four hours of birth |
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The excessive excretion of urine |
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A common condition characterized by infrequent bowel movements |
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An enlargement of the prostate gland in males |
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BPH- benign prostatic hypertrophy |
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Painful or difficult urination |
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A partial or total failure of the kidneys to produce urine |
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Fecal incontinence in children of at least 4yrs of age and involving the repeated voluntary or involuntary passage of feces of normal or near normal consistency in inappropriate places |
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An infection of the bladder |
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Loss of voluntary control of the sphincter muscle around the anus |
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fecal/ bowel incontinence |
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Urinary incontinence normally seen in children who have attained control of urination but for some reason subsequently lose control, often at night |
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A special type of constipation where the hard, formed |
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A condition caused by an accumulation of excess flatus in the intestines |
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Expulsion of gas through the mouth |
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Part of the intestine above the rectum |
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A condition characterized by the excretion of an abnormally small amount of urine |
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A condition that occurs when there is pressure on veins in the anus and rectum from the strain of trying to have a bowel-movement, causing the veins to become distended and bleed during defecation and causing pain |
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A loss of less than 50ml of urine that occurs with increased abdominal pressure |
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A condition where large amounts of urine are voided at a time |
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Holding one's breath and contracting the abdominal muscles to strain in order to have a bowel movement, which increases pressure in the head, chest and abdomen |
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Identify 5 common disturbances of intestinal elimination |
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constipation, diarrhea, fecal impaction, flatulence, fecal incontinence |
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Condition where water is absorbed by the large intestinal elimination |
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Sometimes mistaken for fecal impaction |
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Stomach distension due to gas |
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Hypokalemia can be a complication |
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Stool lodged in the sigmoid colon |
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Stomach distension due to gas |
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Partial or complete loss of voluntary control |
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Respiratory distress can occur with this elimination problem |
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A serious complication of constipation that can affect the heart and lungs |
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Seven common disturbances of urinary elimination are |
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urinary incontinence, frequency, urgency, retention, dysuria, polyuria, enuresis |
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Two severe disturbances of urinary elimination are |
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Urinary problem where bladder may stretch |
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Painful or difficult urination |
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Large amounts of urine voided |
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Associated with benign hypertrophy |
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Symptoms of urinary tract infection |
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Urine condition that may be caused by diabetes |
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Related to total or partial kidney failure |
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Sudden compulsion to void |
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Voiding often in small amts |
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Antacids with magnesium/antivirals & immunosuppresants may cause |
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Antidepressants may cause |
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Constipation and urinary retention |
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Antacids with aluminum may cause |
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constipation and urinary retention |
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Antihypertensives may cause |
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anti- Parkinson's may cause |
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Overuse of laxatives may cause |
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Anticholinergics may cause |
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Parasitic worm infections |
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A condition characterized by poor intestinal muscle tone |
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The chief metabolite of creatine and a good indicator of renal fx |
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Tests that identify the specific microorgamisms causing an infection and the medications specific to those microorganisms |
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A roundworm disease common in indigent children in the Southern United States |
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A blood test used to determine kidney (renal ) functioning |
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A measure of the concentration of urine |
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Enterobiasis the most commom helminthic infection in the United States among children |
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A test used to disgnose pinworm that involves pressing a piece of transparent tape aganist the anus in the morning prior to a bowel movement and analyzing the specimen |
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Enemas that use small amounts of oily substance to distend the rectum and colon, expelling flatus |
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Enemas that contain different types of solutions with |
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A protein that contains iron and binds with o2 |
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Expansion of the heart in which the ventricles relax and the heart refills with blood |
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Contraction of the heart which pumps blood out of the ventricles |
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The pressure within the alveoli of the bronchial tree |
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The normal volume of both inspired and expired air in one normal breath |
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Abnormal breathing that is characterized by several short breaths followed by long and irregular periods of apnea |
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A cyclic pattern of breathing that ranges from very shallow to very deep with periods of apnea in between |
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Cheyne-Stokes respiration |
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A condition in which there is buildup of carbon dioxide in the alveoli that can back up into the blood |
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An advanced state of hypoventilation resulting from a decreased supply of O2 to the cells and tissues of the body |
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The pressure that flowing blood exerts aganist the walls of vessels |
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Pertaining to the contraction of the ventricles |
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A harsh high pitched whistling sound on inspiration |
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A condition resulting from excessive acid, which can be a complication of uncontrolled diabetes and is the usual cause of hyperventiliation in health care settings |
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High pitched breathy sounds on inspiration or expiration in which the air moves through narrowed respiratory passages |
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A high pitched, squeaky sound accompanying respiration |
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A high pitched, gurgling and moaning sound accompanying respiration |
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A crackling sound accompanying respiration |
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A creaking sound accompanying respiration |
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Respiratory medications that are anti-inflammatory and can decrease airway edema and facilitate breathing |
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The normal adult tidal volume is approx. |
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