The Principles and Practice of Nutritional Support:

This book provides the reader with an understanding of human nutritional and metabolic physiology and how it goes wrong in illness. Divided into three major sections, the volume instructs the reader on how and when to use nutritional support, and includes a summary of the published outcome studies o...

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Main Author: O'Keefe, Stephen J.D (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
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Online Access:UBR01
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Summary:This book provides the reader with an understanding of human nutritional and metabolic physiology and how it goes wrong in illness. Divided into three major sections, the volume instructs the reader on how and when to use nutritional support, and includes a summary of the published outcome studies on the application of nutritional support to the management of common illnesses. In this way, the book supplies the reader with all the known information on how to make the best judgment of when, what and how to feed sick patients. Authored by a renowned expert in the field, The Principles and Practice of Nutritional Support is a valuable resource for gastroenterologists, surgeons, critical care physicians, endocrinologists, and all those involved with patient-care, both in hospital, in rehabilitation, or at home
Item Description:Cell Biology -- Physiology of Human Nutrition: Starvation and Obesity -- Physiology of Digestion and Absorption: the interdependence between food and the gut -- Pathophysiology: Nutrition in Illness -- Nutritional Support -- The Nutrition Support Team -- Key Principles for Nutritional Intervention -- Enteral Nutrition -- Parenteral Feeding -- Nutritional Support at Home -- Permanent Intestinal Failure and the Short Bowel Syndrome -- Small Bowel Transplantation -- Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis -- Liver Disease -- Renal Disease -- Nutrition Support in the Obese -- Nutritional Support in the Elderly
Physical Description:1 Online Ressource (XVII, 241 Seiten, 78 Illustrationen, 52 Illustrationen in Farbe)
ISBN:9781493917792
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4939-1779-2

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