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Introduction
susceptibility
to infection
Vicious cycle
Anorexia
Malnutrition
Impaired health
and
Depression
Methods of assessing
nutritional status
Nutritional history
% usual weight
Previous history
Anthropometric measurement
% ideal weight
% weight change
Weight
Height
Tricep skin fold thickness
Mid arm circumference
Biochemical measurement
= 66+(13.7 wt in kg)
+( 5 ht in cm)
+(6.8 age in yr)
Nasogastric tube
Total parentral nutrition
Gastrostomy
NASOGASTRIC TUBE
Indications
Complications
Aspiration
Ulceration of nasal & esophageal mucosa
Indications
Obstruction of GIT
Swallowing is impaired
Immediate post operative phase
Complications
GASTROSTOMY
Indications
Complications
Aspiration
Irritation around tube exit site
Peritoneal leak
Common postoperative
sequelae
Loss
of appetite
Sore mouth
Diarrhoea
Xerostomia
Constipation
Loss of appetite
CAUSE
Aguesia
Xerostomia
Mechanical dysphagia
Depression
Anger
Sore mouth
Cause
Xerostomia
Mucositis ( due to depressed epethelial cell
division)
Diarrhoea
Cause
Radiotherapy
Secondary to antibiotic therapy
infection
Xerostomia
Cause
CONSTIPATION
Cause
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