BookStephen J. D. O'Keefe.
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.
Contents:
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.