Nutrition support /
The study and practice of nutrition support has been evolving for centuries. The last 50 years has brought this practice in nutrition therapy to a very important place in medicine. As treatments have become more sophisticated in fighting disease and saving lives, the role of nutrition support has be...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Momentum Press,
[2016]
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Colección: | Nutrition and dietetics practice collection.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction to nutrition support
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Indications for nutrition support
- 1.3 Route of nutrition support
- 1.4 Estimated nutrition needs of nutrition support patients
- 1.5 The nutrition care process and nutrition support
- 1.6 Summary
- References.
- 2. Enteral nutrition
- 2.1 Access devices
- 2.2 Enteral feeding equipment
- 2.3 Open and closed systems
- 2.4 Initiation and delivery schedules
- 2.5 Formula selection for enteral nutrition
- 2.6 Enteral formulary
- 2.7 Calculations for enteral nutrition
- 2.8 Monitoring and evaluation
- 2.9 Summary
- References.
- 3. Parenteral nutrition
- 3.1 Access devices
- 3.2 Parenteral nutrition solutions
- 3.3 Parenteral nutrition calculations
- 3.4 Compounding
- 3.5 Premixed parenteral nutrition versus custom solutions
- 3.6 Additional considerations for parenteral nutrition composition: glutamine and carnitine
- 3.7 Medications
- 3.8 Initiation of PN
- 3.9 Schedules and administration
- 3.10 Monitoring and evaluation
- 3.11 Summary
- References.
- 4. Nutrition support in disease states and conditions
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Liver disease
- 4.3 Gastrointestinal disease
- 4.4 Critical care
- 4.5 Nutrition support in wounds
- 4.6 Renal disease
- 4.7 Diabetes mellitus
- 4.8 Oncology
- 4.9 Obesity
- 4.10 Summary
- References.
- 5. Special considerations in nutrition support
- 5.1 Transitional feeding
- 5.2 Ethical issues in nutrition support
- 5.3 Home care
- 5.4 Future directions of nutrition support
- References
- Index.