Misc Domain II Flashcards
amputations - entire leg
16% of body weight
amputations - lower leg with foot
6% of body weight
amputations - entire arm
5% of body weight
amputations - forearm with hand
2.3% of body weight
adjusted IBW for amputations
(100 - % amputation) / 100 x IBW of original height
spinal cord injury - quadriplegic
reduce by 10-15% of table weight
spinal cord injury - paraplegic
reduce by 5-10% of table weight
tricep skinfold thickness - TSF
measures body fat reserves; measures calorie reserves
tricep skinfold thickness - TSF measurements
standard: male 12.5mm; female 16.5mm
arm muscle area AMA
- measures skeletal muscle mass (somatic protein)
- to determine use TSF and MAC (midarm circumference)
- important to measure in growing childdren
arm muscle area AMA measurements
standard: male 25.3cm; female: 23.2cm
waist/hip ratio - WHR
differentiates between android and gynoid obesity
gynecoid type adipose tissue is found predominantly in the lower part of the body (hips and thighs).
waist/hip ratio measurements
WHR of 1.0 or greater in man, 0.8 or greater in women is indicative of android obesity and an increased risk for obesity-related diseases (diabetes, hypertension)
hair assessment - thin, sparse, dull dry brittle, easily pluckable
vitamin C, protein deficiency
auscultation hypoactive bowel sounds
every 15-20 seconds, may indicate paralytic ileus or peritonitis
auscultation normal bowel sounds
are gurgling high-pitched sounds every 5-15 seconds
serum albumin range
3.5 - 5.0 g/dl
serum albumin
- maintains colloidal osmotic pressure
- visceral protein
- hypoalbuminemia
- levels above normal range likely due to dehydration
serum transferrin
- serum level controlled by iron storage pool; rises with iron deficiency
- can be determined from TIBC
serum transferrin range
> 200 mg/dl
TTHY transthyretin, PAB prealbumin range
- 16-40 mg/dl
TTHY transthyretin, PAB prealbumin
- during inflammation; liver synthesizes CRP at expense of PAB
- liminted usefulness in screening or assessment
RBP - retinol binding protein range
3-6 mg/dl
RBP - retinol binding protein
- circulates with prealbumin; shortest half-life
- binds and transports retinol