Nutritional Support in Critical Care, Issue 976Carol E. Lang Abstract: An authoritative clinical reference text for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, nutritionists, and other health care professionals provides practical clinical guidelines for preventing malnutrition and for the safe and effective provision of specialized nutritional support to patients in the critical care setting. Included are highly definitive chapters focusing on: the nutritional assessment of high-risk infant, pediatric, and adult patients: basic information concerning enteral and parenteral feedings and their potential complications; guidelines for transition to oral intakes; nursing and pharmacological perspectives concerning patient therapy and management; and 13 chapters concerning the unique nutritional needs of specific disease states. Current theories and controversies also are discussed. The 22 text chapters, |
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Chapter 2The Pediatric Patient | 33 |
The Adult Patient | 61 |
Enteral Therapy | 93 |
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