ABSTRACT

This work offers detailed coverage of the biochemical and metabolic framework that forms the basis for the current theory of nutrition support. It presents analyses of the practical aspects of providing nutrition to hospitalized patients, and examines nutrition support in critical care and sepsis, cancer, gastrointestinal disease, cardiac and pulmo

chapter 1|18 pages

Carbohydrate Metabolism

chapter 2|18 pages

Protein Metabolism

chapter 3|20 pages

Lipid Metabolism

chapter 4|28 pages

Nutrition and Wound Healing

chapter 5|12 pages

Nutrition and Immune Function

chapter 6|22 pages

Nutrition and Cytokines

chapter 7|16 pages

Alternative Lipids

chapter 8|32 pages

Vitamins

chapter 9|16 pages

Trace Elements

chapter 11|26 pages

Anabolic Hormones in Nutritional Support

chapter 12|22 pages

Nutritional Assessment

chapter 14|22 pages

Total Parenteral Nutrition Solutions

chapter 15|14 pages

Enteral Formulas: An Update

chapter 16|22 pages

Vascular Access Techniques

chapter 17|24 pages

Enteral Feeding Techniques

chapter 19|12 pages

Nutrition in Critical Illness and Sepsis

chapter 20|32 pages

Nutrition and Cancer

chapter 21|12 pages

Perioperative Nutritional Support

chapter 22|20 pages

Nutrition in Gastrointestinal Disease

chapter 23|20 pages

Nutrition in Bums

chapter 24|16 pages

Nutrition in Cardiac and Pulmonary Disease

chapter 25|16 pages

Nutrition in Patients with Renal Failure

chapter 26|28 pages

Nutrition in Newborn and Pediatric Patients

chapter 27|14 pages

Nutrition in the Pregnant Patient

chapter 30|12 pages

Nutrition and Aging

chapter 31|30 pages

Home Nutrition Support

chapter 32|20 pages

Nutrition and Disease Prevention

chapter 33|16 pages

Cost-Effectiveness of Nutrition Therapy

chapter 34|12 pages

Legislative Challenges