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ATI Nutrition for Nursing Exam Questions and Answers.Factors that increase BMR Answer - lean, muscular build, exposure to extreme cold, prolonged stress, rapid growth periods (infancy, puberty), pregnancy, lactation, physical conditioning
Factors that decrease BMR Answer - Short, overweight body build, starvation/malnutrition, age older than 60 years
Conditions that increase metabolism Answer - fever, involuntary muscle tremors (shivering, Parkinson's, hyperthyroidism, cancer, cardiac failure, diabetes mellitus, burns, surgery/wound healing, HIV/AIDS
Conditions that decrease metabolism Answer - Hypothyroidism
Medications that increase BMR Answer - prednisone, epinephrine, levothyroxine, ephedrine sulfate
Medications that decrease BMR Answer - Amitriptyline
Positive nitrogen balance Answer - Occurs during periods of growth: infancy, childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, lactation
Negative nitrogen balance Answer - Occurs during periods of illness, trauma, aging, and
malnutrition
Manifestations of malnutrition Answer - dry or brittle hair, skin that has dry patches, poor
wound healing or sores, lack of sub Q fat or muscle wasting, irregular cardiovascular measurements (HR, rhythm, BP), enlarged spleen or liver, general weakness or impaired coordination
BMI Answer - healthy weight BMI 1.5 to 24.9
overweight BMI 25 to 29.9
obesity BMI greater than or equal to 30
Protein levels Answer - measured by serum albumin levels
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