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Nutrition Interventions for Children with Special Health Care Needs

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Assessment Intervention Evaluation/Outcome<br />

Decreased GI distress<br />

ANTI-GASTROESPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD) Examples: ranitidine (Zantac)<br />

Assess <strong>for</strong> GI distress Take <strong>with</strong> meals and/or bedtime snack<br />

Bland diet may be recommended<br />

Limit caffeine<br />

ANTISPASMODICS Examples: oxybutynin (Ditropan), tizanidine (Zanaflex), baclofen (Lioresal), dantrolene1 † (Dantrium)<br />

Assess <strong>for</strong> GI distress Take consistently <strong>with</strong> or <strong>with</strong>out food (food increases maximum<br />

Decreased GI distress<br />

concentration and decreases time to peak concentration).<br />

Section 2 - Problem-Based <strong>Nutrition</strong> <strong>Interventions</strong><br />

*Spironolactone and triamtere are potassium-sparing diuretics. Avoid salt substitutes that are high in potassium. Do not supplement <strong>with</strong> potassium unless<br />

serum K low and only under close supervision.<br />

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†With dentrolene, monitor <strong>for</strong> GI bleeding and dysphagia.

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