CHAPTER 1 NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR FILIPINOS A. Nutritional guidelines for the general population The terms nutritional/dietary goals, guidelines and recommendation are…

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IV THERAPY By: Liezel A. Castillo DEFINITION OF TERMS  Hypotonic - solutions that have a lower osmolality than body fluids  Hypertonic - solutions that have a higher…

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1. BY THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST BENEFICENT AND THE MOST MERCIFUL 2. Definition:Total parenteral nutrition ("TPN"), means the administration of complete and balanced…

1.  Until the early 1960s, the use of intravenous nutrition was restricted to high concentrations of dextrose and electrolytes.  In 1962, Wretlind and colleagues developed…

TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION -is feeding a person intravenously, by passing the usual process of eating and digestion. The person receives nutritional…

1. Jennifer Hixson 2. What is anorexia nervosa? It is an intense and overwhelming fear of gaining weight or becoming fat. Resistance to maintaining body weight at or above…