Disease-related Malnutrition
An Evidence-based Approach to Treatment
Seiten
2003
CABI Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-85199-648-6 (ISBN)
CABI Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-85199-648-6 (ISBN)
This book is unique in drawing together the results of numerous different studies that demonstrate the benefits of nutritional support and provides an evidence base for it. It also discusses the causes, consequences, and prevalence of disease-related malnutrition, and provides insights into the best possible use of enteral nutritional support.
Disease-related malnutrition is a global public health problem. The consequences of disease-related malnutrition are numerous, and include shorter survival rates, lower functional capacity, longer hospital stays, greater complication rates, and higher prescription rates. Nutritional support, in the form of oral nutritional supplements or tube feeding, has proven to lead to an improvement in patient outcome. This book is unique in that it draws together the results of numerous different studies that demonstrate the benefits of nutritional support and provides an evidence base for it. It also discusses the causes, consequences, and prevalence of disease-related malnutrition, and provides insights into the best possible use of enteral nutritional support.
Disease-related malnutrition is a global public health problem. The consequences of disease-related malnutrition are numerous, and include shorter survival rates, lower functional capacity, longer hospital stays, greater complication rates, and higher prescription rates. Nutritional support, in the form of oral nutritional supplements or tube feeding, has proven to lead to an improvement in patient outcome. This book is unique in that it draws together the results of numerous different studies that demonstrate the benefits of nutritional support and provides an evidence base for it. It also discusses the causes, consequences, and prevalence of disease-related malnutrition, and provides insights into the best possible use of enteral nutritional support.
1: Scientific criteria for defining malnutrition 2: Prevalence of disease-related malnutrition 3: Causes of disease-related malnutrition 4: Consequences of disease-related malnutrition 5: Framework for establishing an evidence base for nutritional intervention 6: Evidence base for oral nutritional supplements 7: Evidence base for enteral tube feeding 8: Combined analysis of the effects of oral nutritional supplements and enteral tube feeding 9: Parenteral nutrition: a comparison with enteral tube feeding 10: Undertaking clinical nutrition intervention trials 11: Conclusions 12: Appendices 13: References
| Verlagsort | Wallingford |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 172 x 244 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-85199-648-5 / 0851996485 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-85199-648-6 / 9780851996486 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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