Nutritional Support for Adults and Children: A Handbook for Hospital PracticeTim Bowling 'This book effectively bridges the gap between dietitian, doctor, nurse and pharmacist and there is much in it to educate even the more experienced practitioner. I recommend the book highly and feel confident that well-thumbed and battered copies will soon be found on wards everywhere.' Alastair Forbes, Chairman of the British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 'This book will help non-specialists to make appropriate choices regarding nutritional care for their patients. It should prove to be a valuable resource for all professions, in many areas of practice.' Lynne Colagiovanni, Chairman, National Nurses Nutrition Group â ~This is a much needed comprehensive clinical nutrition guide for busy healthcare professionals. It covers all aspects of nutritional care in a logical and systematic way and will aid clinicians in making reasoned judgments on the nutritional care that their patients require.' Vera Todorovic, The Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Group of the British Dietetic Association â ~This handbook will be an invaluable resource, as it provides a concise, practical guide covering all aspects of clinical nutrition, both for adults and paediatric patients.' Rebecca White and Vicky Bradnam, British Pharmaceutical Nutrition Group |
Contents
Nutritional requirements | 17 |
7 | 23 |
Methods of nutritional support | 31 |
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Nutritional Support for Adults and Children: A Handbook for Hospital Practice Tim Bowling Limited preview - 2019 |
Nutritional Support for Adults and Children: A Handbook for Hospital Practice Tim Bowling Limited preview - 2004 |
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adults appropriate aspiration assessment bolus carbohydrate catheter centile charts child Clin Nutr clinical complications composition per 100 contraindicated critically ill patient Crohn's disease daily diarrhoea diet dietary dietitian drug electrolyte endoscopic energy requirements ensure enteral feeding enteral nutrition enteral tube feeding feeding regimen fibre fluid balance function Further reading gastric gastrointestinal gastrostomy glucose gut barrier high energy hospital increased indications infants infection insertion intestinal intolerance jejunostomy kcal kcal/ml kg/m² liver disease malabsorption malnutrition metabolic mmol mmol/l monitoring NG tube normal Nutricia nutrient nutritional requirements nutritional status nutritional supplements nutritional support Nutritionally complete oral intake paediatric pancreatic parenteral nutrition percutaneous percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy peri-operative peripheral phosphate policy/protocols if available post-operative Pre-operative refeeding syndrome renal failure risk route sepsis Short bowel Short bowel syndrome sip feed sodium stoma surgery syndrome Table therapy undernutrition vitamin vomiting whole protein