Malnutrition II - Desnutrition

Year
1

Academic year
2012-2013

Code
02450227

Subject Area
Malnourishment II - Undernutrition

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
4.0

Type
Compulsory

Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

1^st cycle degree in Medicine or Nutrition Sciences.

Teaching Methods

Current papers guided by the professor and of practical interest for the students.

Learning Outcomes

Acknowledge all the aspects of MALNOURISHMENT, including assessment, prevention and treatment methods.

Learn the malnourishment Biomarkers.

Acknowledge the importance of hospital malnourishment.

Learn to identify different types of malnourishment.

Acquire competences for performing and monitoring nutritional assessment protocols.

Learn how to validate nutritional assessment instruments.

Learn the GED-APNEP Recommendations and the RESAP solution (003) for reducing malnourishment in Portugal.

Acquire competences in nutritional tracking.

Learn which nutritional assessment instruments are available, as well as their advantages, disadvantages and indication.

Acknowledge the Nutritional state assessment: ABCD method and Anthropometry patterns.

Work Placement(s)

Syllabus

MALNUTRITION (7 hours)
• Dynanometry; DEXA; biochemical data, clinical examination, medical history, diet, food intake assessment, evolutionary nutritional assessment.
• Biomarkers. Hospital malnutrition: Predominance in hospitals, according to the basic disease.
• Types of malnutrition, development of malnutrition, consequences, nutritional assessment in patients with enteral and parenteral nutrition.
• Protocols for nutritional assessment and monitoring of these protocols.
• Validation of nutritional assessment tools.
• Recommendations of the GED-APNEP and the RESAP (003) solution for reducing malnutrition in Portugal.
• Malnutrition: general considerations, incidence of malnutrition, causes, definition, assessment of nutritional risk, nutritional screening.
• Tools for nutritional assessment, advantages and disadvantages (MNA, MUST, EMS, NRS2002), indication.
• Objectives of nutritional assessment, importance of nutritional assessment.
• Assessment of nutritional status: ABCD method.
• Anthropometry; anthropometric measurements, advantages and disadvantages.

Head Lecturer(s)

Lélita Conceição Santos

Assessment Methods

Summative
Multiple choice test and open questions: 100.0%

Bibliography

Artigos atuais orientados pelo docente e de interesse prático para os Discentes. / Current papers guided by the professor and of practical interest for the students.