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With its user-friendly and practical approach, this outstanding reference educates clinicians on the importance of timely and well-prescribed nutritional support. It provides a solid base of knowledge enabling the clinician to prescribe the safest feeding strategies for a patient's specific condition and disease state.
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Contents:
RATIONALE FOR NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT
The Importance of Nutrition in Medical Practice
Malnutrition and Related Complications
The Comprehensive Nutritional Assessment
Macronutrient Requirements
Miconutrients in Clinical Nutrition
Perioperative Nutritional Interventions
Parenteral Nutrition
Indications for Parenteral Nutrition
Intravenous Access
Admixture Considerations
Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition
Disease Specific and Patient-Specific Formulations
TPN and Drug Delivery
Complications of TPN and PNN and Their Prevention
ENTERAL NUTRITION
The Benefits of Early Enteral Nutrition
Enteral Access Options
Selection of Enteral Formulas
Special Nutrients for Gut Feeding
Prevention Management of Enteral Feeding Complications
SPECIAL SITUATIONS IN NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT
TPN in the Diabetic Patient
Nutrition Support in Liver, Pulmonary and Renal Disease
Nutritional Support in the Patient with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Nutritional Oncology: A Proactive Intefrated Approach to the Cancer Patient
Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Nutritional Assessment and Therapy in Abdominal Organ Transplantations
The Severely Obese Patient: An Approach to Management
Nutritional Support for the Critically Ill Patient
Nutrition in Trauma and Burns
Nutrition Support and Pregnancy
Pediatric Nutrition Support
Management of Patients on Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
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Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS-Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Dr. Scott A. Shikora is a Professor of Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Chief of Bariatric Surgery at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston. He attended medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. He did his surgical residency and Nutrition Support fellowship at New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston. He is a past president of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and is on the Executive Council for the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. Dr. Shikora is an Associate Editor of two surgical journals and has co-edited two nutritional textbooks.
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ISBN-13: 9780763738815
George Blackburn, MD, PhD
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ISBN-13: 9780412984617
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