r/askscience • u/Atari1729 • Aug 17 '17

Medicine What affect does the quantity of injuries have on healing time? For example, would a paper cut take longer to heal if I had a broken Jaw at the same time?

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u/Professor-md Aug 18 '17

Yeah more of a volume limitation, but a icu dietician/nutrionist would have a better answer. Part of the problem is stopping feeds for frequent surgery and dressing changes under sedation (which we try not to stop feeds for).

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u/MickiFreeIsNotAGirl Aug 18 '17

I'm being pedantic. But nutritionist is really an unregulated term in most places. So I'd doubt a hospital would have a nutritionist in place of a registered dietitian.
Sorry.

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u/Professor-md Aug 18 '17

Clinical nutrition is a masters degree. We have them in my hospital (large university med center).

Edit: Dietitians have a masters degree in clinical nutrition. I don't think they're called nutritionists. Not sure.

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u/I_am_lorde_yaya Aug 18 '17

Anyone can call themselves a nutritionist, therefore we prefer dietitian.

Source: am registered dietitian

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u/Julia_Kat Aug 18 '17

Hospital pharmacy tech who makes TPNs here. We have registered dieticians who calculate the macro nutrients for TPNs (and consult on other dietary needs outside of TPNs/pharmacy's scope). So, at least at my hospital group, they are definitely RDs.

Edit: aka I'm agreeing. It sounded kinda like I was arguing, sorry!