Question

Phenylketonuria Calculations ents Submit Assignment Due Available Apr 12 at 12am- Apr 24 at 5pm 13 days by 5pm Points Submitting a text entry box There is a 10 month old boy who has PKU Determine his estimated needs based on the following information: Childs current weight: 10kg Estimated needs: . 40 mg/kg Phe/day . 3 g/kg protein/day . 100/ kcal/kg/day - 140 ml/ kgfluid/day Assume 90% of protein needs and 80% of kcal needs will be provided with a combination of two formulas: se . Phenex-1 (100g): Og Phe, 15 g Protein, 480 kcals Emfamil (100g): 440 mg Phe, 11 g Protein and 500 kcal Using the guidelines for PKU Food Patterns and Formula Calculations from your text, calculate the following: 1. What are the child's daily Phe, kcal, protein and fluid needs 2. Calculate how much of protein and kcals the formula will provide per day. 3. With the remaining kcals, Phe and protein, list appropriate foods to meet the total estimated daily needs. 4. Determine how many formula feedings will be recommended per day and how many ounces in each feeding.

Answer 1

1. Daily needs: From the estimated needs calculate it for baby' s weight.

Phe- 400 mg/day, protein - 30 mg/day, kcal - 1000 kcal/ day and fluid - 1400 ml/day.

2. 100 g of each formula provide totally 15g+ 11 g of protein. So totally it provides 26 g of protein.

480 kcal+ 500 kcal=980 kcal available from the feeds.

3. The feeds nearly meet the needs. Remaining are gained from the daily foods. Foods can take are fruits and vegetables such as pomegranate, potato and peas. Low protein food - bread, pastas from low protein flour and cereal based foods from any cereal it can be breads and biscuits.

4. The 100 g of each formula can be divided into two or three feeding. If it is divided as two feedings then 1.75 ounce of each feed should be taken. ( per day needs 100 g of each formula , so for one feeding 50 g of each formula should be taken, in ounces it is 1. 75 ounce of each formula).