Dietetics for Nurses

by Fairfax T. Proudfit

Renal Functional Tests.—The following schedule is used by Mosenthal, of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, in making what is known as the “Two-Hour Test for Renal Function”:

HEDINGER-SCHLAYER-MOSENTHAL DIET[129]

For

Date

All foods to be salt-free from the diet kitchen, salt for each meal will be furnished in weighed amounts.[130]

All foods or fluids not taken must be weighed or measured after each meal and charted in spaces below. Allow no food or fluid at any time except at meal times.

Note any mishaps or irregularities that occur in giving the diet or collecting the specimens.

Breakfast 8 A.M.	Boiled oatmeal		100 grams
	Sugar 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls
	Milk		30 c.c.
	2 slices of bread		30 grams each
	Butter		20 grams
	Coffee 160 c.c.
	Sugar 1 teaspoonful		200 c.c.
	Milk 40 c.c.
Dinner—Noon	Meat soup		180 c.c.
	Beefsteak		100 grams
	Potatoes, boiled, mashed or baked		130 grams
	Green vegetables as desired
	2 slices bread—each		30 grams
	Butter		20 grams
	Tea, 180 c.c.
	Sugar, 1 tsp.		200 c.c.
	Milk, 20 c.c.
	Water		250 c.c.
	Pudding, tapioca or rice		110 grams
Supper 5 P.M.	2 eggs cooked any style
	2 slices of toast		30 grams each
	Butter		20 grams
	Tea, 180 c.c.
	Sugar, 1 tsp.		200 c.c.
	Milk, 20 c.c.
	Fruit, stewed or fresh		1 portion
	Water		300 c.c.

8 A.M. No food or fluid is to be given during the night or until 8 o’clock next morning (after voiding) when the regular diet is resumed.

Patient is to empty bladder at 8 A.M. and at the end of each period as indicated below. The specimens are to be collected for the following periods in properly labeled bottles:

8 A.M. to 10 A.M.; 10 A.M. to 12 Noon; 12 Noon to 2 P.M.; 2 P.M. to 4 P.M.; 4 P.M. to 6 P.M.; 6 P.M. to 8 P.M.; 8 P.M. to 8 A.M.