Todays News in Diet Therapy (SUUK_046)
About Study Course
Objective
To promote the acquisition of knowledge about nutritional assessment of patients in hospital, to be able to assess the risks of malnutrition and classify the severity. To be able to explain the potential power type (cuisine diet variations, probe power supply options and opportunities for parenteral nutrition).
Prerequisites
Anatomy, physiology, pathological physiology, biochemistry, nutrition lesson.
Learning outcomes
To acquire knowledge of the metabolism of certain diseases. Define catabolic changes: malnutrition, cachexia. Distinguish between enteral and parenteral mixtures, as well as to interpret their features (composition, types of packaging, entry forms).
Explain the types of opportunities and power to assess the advantages in configure groups of patients - surgical therapy and ICU wards:
1) Enteral feeding - a nasogastric tube, PEG, PEJ, ostomy surgery. To be able to explain about the probe-care facilities;
2) Parenteral Nutrition: definition of the term - peripheral venous input, the central venous input.
Recognize and explain specific diet importance and opportunities in certain groups of diseases - inflammatory bowel disease, pancreatic disease, chronic liver and biliary tract, kidney disease, mucoviscidosis (lung, pancreas, liver, kidney polycystic), metabolic diseases (hemohromatoze, Wilson's disease, gout) in the perioperative period.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrition, RFU | 6 | Bachelor’s | Limited choice | Ksenija Nikolajeva | |
| Nutrition, RFUN | 6 | Bachelor’s | Limited choice | Ksenija Nikolajeva |
