Certified Clinical Nutritionist Exam Guide
An easier way to estimate daily caloric needs is to what? - ANSWER-Multiply patient's
weight in pounds by 11 to 13.5 if sedentary
13.5 - 16 if moderately active
18 (very active or severe burns)
Diastase is a group of enzuymes which catalyze the breakdown what? - ANSWER-
starch into glucose
Drugs associated with Vitamin K deficiency include - ANSWER-barbiturates, salicylates,
and cefamandole
GTT
(Glucose Tolerance Test) - ANSWER-<140 mg/dL after 2 hrs = normal
140 - 200 impaired
>200 mg/dL after 2 hrs = diabetes
Hartnup's disease: defect in ___ - ANSWER-defect in intestinal and renal uptake of
neutral amino acids; pellegra like symptoms because of inability to convert tryptophan to
niacin
Hemolytic anemia - ANSWER-anemia caused by the destruction of red blood cells
Sickle cell anemia
IDA indicators - ANSWER-Ferritin M < 12mcg, F <10mcg
plasma iron M<50mcg, F<40mcg
TIBC < 250mcg
%saturation of circulating transferrin < 16%
IF binding is also affected by what syndrome where there is excess acid production? -
ANSWER-Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Isoniazid (INH) is a tuberculosis drug that interferes with what vitamin? - ANSWER-B6
MCV and MCHC in types of anemias - ANSWER-Macrocytic (MCV>94, MCHC >31)
Pernicious anemia - from lack of b12 most commonly from a lack of IF
Hypochromic, microcytic (MCV<80, MCHC < 31)
Thalassemia, copper deficiency, IDA)
Normochromic, Normocytic (MCV - 82-92, MCHC >30)
liver, renal disease; pregnancy, hemolytic disease
Normal Hemoglobin (M: 13.5 - 17.5 g/dL, F: 12 - 15.5g/dL)
Myeloneuropathy, fragile hair, edema, hepatomegaly, and osteoporosis are
symptomatic of what deficiency - ANSWER-copper
An easier way to estimate daily caloric needs is to what? - ANSWER-Multiply patient's
weight in pounds by 11 to 13.5 if sedentary
13.5 - 16 if moderately active
18 (very active or severe burns)
Diastase is a group of enzuymes which catalyze the breakdown what? - ANSWER-
starch into glucose
Drugs associated with Vitamin K deficiency include - ANSWER-barbiturates, salicylates,
and cefamandole
GTT
(Glucose Tolerance Test) - ANSWER-<140 mg/dL after 2 hrs = normal
140 - 200 impaired
>200 mg/dL after 2 hrs = diabetes
Hartnup's disease: defect in ___ - ANSWER-defect in intestinal and renal uptake of
neutral amino acids; pellegra like symptoms because of inability to convert tryptophan to
niacin
Hemolytic anemia - ANSWER-anemia caused by the destruction of red blood cells
Sickle cell anemia
IDA indicators - ANSWER-Ferritin M < 12mcg, F <10mcg
plasma iron M<50mcg, F<40mcg
TIBC < 250mcg
%saturation of circulating transferrin < 16%
IF binding is also affected by what syndrome where there is excess acid production? -
ANSWER-Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Isoniazid (INH) is a tuberculosis drug that interferes with what vitamin? - ANSWER-B6
MCV and MCHC in types of anemias - ANSWER-Macrocytic (MCV>94, MCHC >31)
Pernicious anemia - from lack of b12 most commonly from a lack of IF
Hypochromic, microcytic (MCV<80, MCHC < 31)
Thalassemia, copper deficiency, IDA)
Normochromic, Normocytic (MCV - 82-92, MCHC >30)
liver, renal disease; pregnancy, hemolytic disease
Normal Hemoglobin (M: 13.5 - 17.5 g/dL, F: 12 - 15.5g/dL)
Myeloneuropathy, fragile hair, edema, hepatomegaly, and osteoporosis are
symptomatic of what deficiency - ANSWER-copper
