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Nutrition Interventions for Children with Special Health Care Needs

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Assessment Intervention Evaluation/Outcome<br />

Dietary<br />

Adjust recommendations <strong>for</strong> nutrient intake. Energy and protein intake is<br />

adequate to promote growth.<br />

Obtain diet history or 3 to 7 day food intake record, and<br />

analyze <strong>for</strong> energy and protein.<br />

If on parenteral nutrition, calculate energy and protein in<br />

parenteral nutrition solution, check contents of vitamin<br />

and mineral additives. (See Chapter 11 and Appendix O)<br />

Compare intake to DRI <strong>for</strong> age and to growth and weight<br />

gain. Consider:<br />

Section 3 - Condition-Specific <strong>Nutrition</strong> <strong>Interventions</strong><br />

• energy and protein needs of infants and children <strong>with</strong><br />

short bowel syndrome who are eating or receiving<br />

tube feedings are often greater than the DRI<br />

• infants and children on TPN may need up to 10%<br />

less energy than those fed enterally/orally because<br />

of decreased needs <strong>for</strong> diet-induced thermogenesis.<br />

It essential to avoid over feeding, as over feeding is<br />

associated <strong>with</strong> excessive fat deposition, and TPNinduced<br />

liver failure. 10<br />

• parenteral protein needs will be the same as <strong>for</strong><br />

enteral/oral feeding.<br />

*For reference data and guidelines <strong>for</strong> taking accurate measurements, see Chapter 2.<br />

†Height-age is the age at which the child’s current height (or length) would be at the 50th percentile on the growth chart.<br />

‡Weight-age is the age at which the child’s current weight would be at the 50th percentile.<br />

∫Ideal weight is the weight that would place the child at the 50th percentile weight <strong>for</strong> height (or length).<br />

<strong>Nutrition</strong> <strong>Interventions</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Children</strong> With <strong>Special</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong> <strong>Needs</strong> 235

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