Nutritional Assessment and Support: A Primer

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Williams & Wilkins, 1994 - Health & Fitness - 230 pages
Intended to assist house officers and clinicians in meeting such challenges of nutritional support as identification of the malnourished patient, providing effective support (time, route, amount), etc. Discusses metabolism, nutritional assessment, nutrient requirements, central total parenteral nutrition, peripheral parenteral nutrition, complications of parenteral feeding, total parenteral nutrition as a drug delivery system, general enteral feeding, access for enteral feeding, selection of liquid formula diet, technical aspects of enteral feeding, special situations (such as diabetes, renal failure, and hepatic failure) in nutritional support, nutritional support in cancer patients, central venous access for total parenteral nutrition, nursing principles for total parenteral nutrition, nursing principles for enteral feeding, and complications and troubleshooting. For medical students, residents, and clinicians.

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