Nutrition Support for the Critically Ill

by David S. Seres
Nutrition Support for the Critically Ill
Author: David S. Seres
Publisher: Humana Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2015-11-24
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 331921831X
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​This text provides a review of the current knowledge in both the mechanics of nourishing the critically ill and the metabolic and immunological roles nutrients play. In-depth chapters discuss disease-related malnutrition as distinct from under-or-over nourishment and the impact of nourishment in either form of malnutrition. The appropriate timing and indications for nutrition support are provided as well as advanced techniques for improving practice. A broad range of issues related to interdisciplinary practice are addressed. Useful for a wide variety of practitioners, including ICU doctors, hospitalists, and nutrition support physicians, Nutrition Support of the Critically Ill provides practical bedside advice and simplified recommendations for practice.

Nutrition Support for the Critically Ill Patient

by Ph.D., Gail A. Cresci
Nutrition Support for the Critically Ill Patient
Author: Ph.D., Gail A. Cresci
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 709
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1420039199
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Nutrition Support for the Critically Ill Patient: A Guide to Practice provides state-of-the-art practices and key principles of nutrition support through evidence-based medicine. Following a review of the metabolic alterations that occur during critical illness, this book discusses the nutrient requirements of critically ill patients as well

Nutrition in Critical Care

by Peter Faber
Nutrition in Critical Care
Author: Peter Faber
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2014-03-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1107669014
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Provides comprehensive and practical guidance for managing the nutritional requirements of critically ill patients and thereby improving prognosis.

The Role of Nutrition in Maintaining Health in the Nation's Elderly

by Institute of Medicine
The Role of Nutrition in Maintaining Health in the Nation's Elderly
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2000-06-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309068460
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Malnutrition and obesity are both common among Americans over age 65. There are also a host of other medical conditions from which older people and other Medicare beneficiaries suffer that could be improved with appropriate nutritional intervention. Despite that, access to a nutrition professional is very limited. Do nutrition services benefit older people in terms of morbidity, mortality, or quality of life? Which health professionals are best qualified to provide such services? What would be the cost to Medicare of such services? Would the cost be offset by reduced illness in this population? This book addresses these questions, provides recommendations for nutrition services for the elderly, and considers how the coverage policy should be approached and practiced. The book discusses the role of nutrition therapy in the management of a number of diseases. It also examines what the elderly receive in the way of nutrition services along the continuum of care settings and addresses the areas of expertise needed by health professionals to provide appropriate nutrition services and therapy.

Textbook of Post-ICU Medicine

by Robert D. Stevens
Textbook of Post-ICU Medicine
Author: Robert D. Stevens
Publisher: Academic
Total Pages: 649
Release: 2014
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199653461
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Surviving critical illness is not always the happy ending that we imagine for patients. Intensive care unit (ICU) teams have traditionally focused on short term goals such as stabilizing or reversing organ system dysfunction, with little understanding of what became of patients once they left the ICU. However, research conducted in recent years has demonstrated that many ICU survivors can suffer from ill health and mental health issues for months or years to follow. The Textbook of Post-ICU Medicine: The Legacy of Critical Care identifies the long term outcomes of ICU and the steps that can be taken to improve patients' health and wellbeing. Describing the major clinical syndromes affecting ICU survivors, the book delineates established or postulated biological mechanisms of the post-acute recovery process, and discusses strategies for treatment and rehabilitation to promote recovery in the ICU and in the long term. The book serves as a unique reference for general practitioners, internists and nurses caring for long term ICU survivors as well as specialists in intensive care medicine, neurology, psychiatry, and rehabilitation medicine.

Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition

by Praveen S. Goday
Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition
Author: Praveen S. Goday
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2014-10-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0071798536
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Understand the unique nutritional needs of infants and children in the pediatric critical care unit Written with the goal of shortening recovery time and improving overall clinical outcomes, Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition is the first text to offercomprehensive, in-depth coverage of the nutritional needs of infants and children in the pediatric care unit. This practical text imparts basic concepts, critically appraises the literature, and provides a completereview of the key principles of pediatric critical care nutrition. Combining clinical strategies with a compilation of available evidence, Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition, covers essential topics such as: Metabolic alterations and nutrients in the critically ill child Delivery of nutrition support to the critically ill child Disease-related nutrition considerations including burns and wound healing, solid-organ transplantation, renal and pulmonary failure, gastrointestinal issues, cancer, obesity, and more Practical aspects of the delivery of nutrition support Optimum nutrition therapy is essential during the entire continuum of critical illness until recovery, and requires the multidisciplinary awareness, knowledge, and effort taught in this groundbreaking text.

Critical Care Nutrition Therapy for Non-nutritionists

by Mette M. Berger
Critical Care Nutrition Therapy for Non-nutritionists
Author: Mette M. Berger
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2018-02-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319586521
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This book offers a pragmatic approach to day-to-day metabolic and nutritional care based on physiological considerations. Due to the numerous controversial trials published in the last 15 years, there is no clear guidance for intensive care physicians regarding the metabolic and nutritional management of patients. This has resulted in a return to underfeeding and related complications in most ICUs worldwide as shown by the latest Nutrition Day data. Using a structured, logical approach, the book examines practical solutions for artificial feeding in complex areas of critical care (brain injuries, burns, cardiac failure, ECMO, intestinal failure, long term patient, renal failure, metabolic diseases, obesity, old patients) and discusses measurement of the results of metabolic interventions. It also includes dedicated chapters focusing on specific problems, in order to avoid complications. Critical Care Nutrition Therapy for Non-nutritionists is a valuable resource for all general ICUs and ICU subspecialties such as cardiovascular, neuro, gastrointestinal and burns ICUs.

Intravenous Lipid Emulsions

by P.C. Calder
Intravenous Lipid Emulsions
Author: P.C. Calder
Publisher: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2014-11-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3318027537
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Lipids have been in clinical use as components of intravenous nutrition for over 50 years. Over the last 15 years, new and improved lipids that include olive oil and/or fish oil have replaced the more traditional ones. These new lipids offer the opportunity to deliver high amounts of fatty acids and possess different functional properties: in particular, they can influence inflammatory processes, immune responses and hepatic metabolism. This book brings together articles written by leading international authorities in the area of intravenous lipids. Contributions discuss the latest findings in the field, ranging from pre-clinical research to the most recent clinical trials. Lipid functionality and utility in pediatric, adult surgical and critically ill patients are covered, as is the use of lipids in long-term home parenteral nutrition. Addressing a broad spectrum of topics, this publication provides a wealth of information for basic scientists, clinical researchers and clinical practitioners alike.

Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

by John A. Kellum
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Author: John A. Kellum
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2016
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 019022553X
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Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy provides concise, evidence-based, bedside guidance for the management of critically ill patients with acute renal failure, offering quick reference answers to clinicians' questions about treatments and situations encountered in daily practice.