Practical Nutritional Support Techniques, Second Edition is the perfect reference for the management of patients that require nutritional support. Organized in a "how-to" approach, everyone connected with the field of GI will appreciate the ease and applicability it will bring to their professions. Nutritional assessment techniques for both adults and pediatrics are covered inside this exciting resource. Topics include nutritional assessment, parenteral nutrition, enteral nutrition, pregnancy, disease specific nutrition, pediatrics, and home nutritional therapy. Inside these easy-to-read chapters you will find how to determine "why, how much, what type, and how to monitor" these therapies. Practical tables, figures, algorithms, and a bibliography make Practical Nutritional Support Techniques a thorough resource and welcome addition into today’s medical field.The perfect resource for: Gastroenterologists General Surgeons Internists Dieticians GI Residents Pharmacists Nutritionists Practical Nutritional Support Techniques, Second Edition is the perfect reference for the management of patients that require nutritional support. Organized in a "cookbook" approach, all in the field of GI will appreciate the ease and applicability it will bring to their professions. Nutritional assessment techniques for both adults and pediatrics are covered inside this exciting resource. Inside these chapters you will find how to determine, why, how much, what type, and how to monitor these therapies. One of the highlights of the pediatric chapter is the coverage of enteral and parenteral nutrition. Other topics covered are nutritional support in pregnancy, as well as specific disease processes, and Home TPN. Tables, figures, algorithms, and references make Practical Nutritional Support Techniques a thorough resource. Gastroenterologists, general surgeons, critical care, and hospital and homecare pharmacists, to name a few, will all have a need to include this book in their practices. Buchman (director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine) provides a reference for the management of adult and pediatric patients who require nutritional support. Written primarily in outline format, the book is designed as a practical guide rather than a textbook, covering nutritional assessment and requirements, parenteral and enteral nutrition, pediatric nutritional support, nutritional support during pregnancy, assessing the efficacy of nutritional therapy, and disease-specific nutrition. Almost 100 pages of reference tables are included. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) This work should be a useful reference for the management of patients that require nutritional support. Nutritional assessment techniques for both adults and paediatrics are covered. It covers how to determine why, how much, what type, and how to monitor these therapies. Rev. ed. of: Handbook of nutritional support. 1997.
