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Nutrition and Diagnosis-Related
Care
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Mr. Robinson definitely has a problem
with undernutrition.
Depression
and swallowing disorders both can cause weight loss. He needs to be evaluated for
both.
- It's beyond the scope of our mission to
thoroughly go into depression now, but we can ask a few questions that
will help. Here's a form to help standardize the process.
- Click here to see
Mr. Robinson's score.
- A score of 9 or greater needs to be
taken seriously.
- Mr. Robinson's score of 18 means
depression is likely a major factor for him and may have something to do with
his weight loss. We need a psychiatrist.
What about a dysphagia associated
with his Parkinson's disease?
- Dysphagia is the term applied to
a wide variety of swallowing problems.
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Normal swallowing is a complex
operation involving at least 7 basics steps.
- Parkinson's patients may not be aware
they have a dysphagia.
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Symptoms associated with dysphagia are
not always so obvious.
Let's
get a speech therapy consult to see if
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