Description

Book Synopsis

This second edition of Clinical Nutrition, in the acclaimed textbook series by the Nutrition Society, has been revised and updated in order to:

  • Provide students with the required scientific basis in nutrition, in the context of a systems and health approach.
  • Enable teachers and students to explore the core principles of nutrition and to apply these throughout their training to foster critical thinking at all times. Each chapter identifies the key areas of knowledge that must be understood and also the key points of critical thought that must accompany the acquisition of this knowledge.
  • Are fully peer reviewed to ensure completeness and clarity of content, as well as to ensure that each book takes a global perspective and is applicable for use by nutritionists and on nutrition courses throughout the world.

Ground breaking in scope and approach, with an additional chapter on nutritional screening and a student companion website, this

Table of Contents

Contributors vii

Series Foreword ix

Preface xi

First Edition Acknowledgements xiii

1 Principles of Clinical Nutrition: Contrasting the Practice of Nutrition in Health and Disease 1
Marinos Elia

2 Nutritional Screening and Assessment 15
Marinos Elia and Rebecca J Stratton

3 Water and Electrolytes 27
Abeed H Chowdhury and Dileep N Lobo

4 Over-nutrition 47
Gema Frühbeck

5 Under-nutrition 81
Anura V Kurpad and Isabelle Aeberli

6 Metabolic Disorders 97
Luc Tappy and Jean-Marc Schwarz

7 Eating Disorders 108
Kate Williams

8 Adverse Reactions to Foods 123
Simon H Murch

9 Nutritional Support 140
Esther van den Hogen, Marian AE van Bokhorst-de van der Schueren, and Cora F Jonkers-Schuitema

10 Ethics and Nutrition 161
Clare McNaught and John MacFie

11 The Gastrointestinal Tract 176
Miquel A Gassull and Eduard Cabré

12 Nutrition in Liver Disease 193
Mathias Plauth and Tatjana Schütz

13 Nutrition and the Pancreas 208

Diabetes Mellitus
Paula McGurk and Marinos Elia

Pancreatitis
Jean-Fabien Zazzo

14 The Kidney 230
Roberta Situlin and Gianfranco Guarnieri

15 Nutritional and Metabolic Support in Haematological Malignancies and Haematopoietic Stem-cell Transplantation 253
Maurizio Muscaritoli, Saveria Capria, Anna Paola Iori, and Filippo Rossi Fanelli

16 The Lung 266
Peter Collins and Marinos Elia

17 Nutrition and Immune and Inflammatory Systems 276
Bruce R Bistrian and Robert F Grimble

18 The Heart and Blood Vessels 300
Kate Gatenby, Stephen Wheatcroft, and Mark Kearney

19 Nutritional Aspects of Disease Affecting the Skeleton 327
Christine Rodda

20 Nutrition in Surgery and Trauma 350
Olle Ljungqvist and Ken Fearon

21 Infectious Diseases 363
Nicholas I Paton, Miguel A Gassull, and Eduard Cabré

22 Nutritional Support in Patients with Cancer 385
Federico Bozzetti

23 Paediatric Nutrition 420
Anthony F Williams

24 Cystic Fibrosis 477
John A Dodge

25 Illustrative Cases 492
Simon P Allison

Index 509

Visit the supporting companion website for this book: www.wiley.com/go/elia/clinicalnutrition

Clinical Nutrition

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 14/12/2012
      ISBN13: 9781405168106, 978-1405168106
      ISBN10: 1405168102

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This second edition of Clinical Nutrition, in the acclaimed textbook series by the Nutrition Society, has been revised and updated in order to:

      • Provide students with the required scientific basis in nutrition, in the context of a systems and health approach.
      • Enable teachers and students to explore the core principles of nutrition and to apply these throughout their training to foster critical thinking at all times. Each chapter identifies the key areas of knowledge that must be understood and also the key points of critical thought that must accompany the acquisition of this knowledge.
      • Are fully peer reviewed to ensure completeness and clarity of content, as well as to ensure that each book takes a global perspective and is applicable for use by nutritionists and on nutrition courses throughout the world.

      Ground breaking in scope and approach, with an additional chapter on nutritional screening and a student companion website, this

      Table of Contents

      Contributors vii

      Series Foreword ix

      Preface xi

      First Edition Acknowledgements xiii

      1 Principles of Clinical Nutrition: Contrasting the Practice of Nutrition in Health and Disease 1
      Marinos Elia

      2 Nutritional Screening and Assessment 15
      Marinos Elia and Rebecca J Stratton

      3 Water and Electrolytes 27
      Abeed H Chowdhury and Dileep N Lobo

      4 Over-nutrition 47
      Gema Frühbeck

      5 Under-nutrition 81
      Anura V Kurpad and Isabelle Aeberli

      6 Metabolic Disorders 97
      Luc Tappy and Jean-Marc Schwarz

      7 Eating Disorders 108
      Kate Williams

      8 Adverse Reactions to Foods 123
      Simon H Murch

      9 Nutritional Support 140
      Esther van den Hogen, Marian AE van Bokhorst-de van der Schueren, and Cora F Jonkers-Schuitema

      10 Ethics and Nutrition 161
      Clare McNaught and John MacFie

      11 The Gastrointestinal Tract 176
      Miquel A Gassull and Eduard Cabré

      12 Nutrition in Liver Disease 193
      Mathias Plauth and Tatjana Schütz

      13 Nutrition and the Pancreas 208

      Diabetes Mellitus
      Paula McGurk and Marinos Elia

      Pancreatitis
      Jean-Fabien Zazzo

      14 The Kidney 230
      Roberta Situlin and Gianfranco Guarnieri

      15 Nutritional and Metabolic Support in Haematological Malignancies and Haematopoietic Stem-cell Transplantation 253
      Maurizio Muscaritoli, Saveria Capria, Anna Paola Iori, and Filippo Rossi Fanelli

      16 The Lung 266
      Peter Collins and Marinos Elia

      17 Nutrition and Immune and Inflammatory Systems 276
      Bruce R Bistrian and Robert F Grimble

      18 The Heart and Blood Vessels 300
      Kate Gatenby, Stephen Wheatcroft, and Mark Kearney

      19 Nutritional Aspects of Disease Affecting the Skeleton 327
      Christine Rodda

      20 Nutrition in Surgery and Trauma 350
      Olle Ljungqvist and Ken Fearon

      21 Infectious Diseases 363
      Nicholas I Paton, Miguel A Gassull, and Eduard Cabré

      22 Nutritional Support in Patients with Cancer 385
      Federico Bozzetti

      23 Paediatric Nutrition 420
      Anthony F Williams

      24 Cystic Fibrosis 477
      John A Dodge

      25 Illustrative Cases 492
      Simon P Allison

      Index 509

      Visit the supporting companion website for this book: www.wiley.com/go/elia/clinicalnutrition

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