Description
Book SynopsisPatients who are unable to achieve an adequate nutritional intake via their gut are at risk of malnutrition and its many associated problems. They may therefore require feeding directly into a vein. Prescribing Adult Intravenous Nutrition is an introductory text offering the inexperienced healthcare professional involved in nutritional support, a practical guide to the broad principles and practice of adult parenteral nutrition. Prescribing Adult Intravenous Nutrition describes: why nutritional care is so important; what should be given; what can go wrong; how to deal with any IVN related problems; and organizational aspects of nutritional care.
Trade Review'This textbook...is both a comprehensive introduction to intravenous nutrition (IVN) and a useful reference text. The writing style is easy to read and information is provided at an accessible level for those new to the subject. This textbook covers all the areas that prescribers of parenteral nutrition should be aware of. It has relevance to all members of the healthcare team.'
Rebecca White, chairman of the British Pharmaceutical Nutrition Group. The Pharmaceutical Journal (Vol. 280) 1 March 2008
-- Rebecca White * The Pharmaceutical Journal *
'It is written with the medical profession in mind and gives the facts in the candid and concise manner necessary for a book of this nature'
PINNT Online. July 2007
* PINNT *
Table of Contents1. The Importance of Nutritional Support; 2. Oral and Enteral Tube Support; 3. Intravenous Support; 4. Clinical Assessment; 5. Pharmaceutical Review; 6. Decisions on Intravenous Nutrition; 7. Fluid and Macronutrients; 8. Electrolytes; 9. Micronutrients; 10. Prescribing for Patients with Specific Problems; 11. Regimen Choice; 12. Potential Complications; 13. Monitoring; 14. Organising Nutrition Support; 15. Technical Services; 16. On the Ward; Appendix 1 Stability; Appendix 2 Salts and Pharmaceutical Calculations; Appendix 3 Micronutrient Preparations; Appendix 4 High Sodium Drinks and Feeds for Short Bowel Syndrome.
