Nutrition for the Hospitalized Patient: Basic Science and Principles of Practice

This work offers detailed coverage of the biochemical and metabolic framework that forms the basis for the current theory of nutrition support. It presents analyses of the practical aspects of providing nutrition to hospitalized patients, and examines nutrition support in critical care and sepsis, cancer, gastrointestinal disease, cardiac and pulmonary disease, burns, renal failure, newborns and children, pregnancy, AIDS, neurological impairment and perioperative patients.

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

This work offers detailed coverage of the biochemical and metabolic framework that forms the basis for the current theory of nutrition support. It presents analyses of the practical aspects of providing nutrition to hospitalized patients, and examines nutrition support in critical care and sepsis, cancer, gastrointestinal disease, cardiac and pulmonary disease, burns, renal failure, newborns and children, pregnancy, AIDS, neurological impairment and perioperative patients.

Claudio Corral

This first edition book recounts an up-to-date overview of the complexities and importance of providing effective nutritional support to hospitalized patients. It is organized in two parts, Basic Science and Principles of Practice. The book describes both the fundamental theory and the comprehensive practice of providing metabolic support in a hospital setting. The purpose is to explain the scientific foundation of nutritional support and to describe its clinical relevance to hospitalized patients. The authors first describe basic concepts in nutrition, and then proceed to explain specific clinical problems encountered when providing nutritional support to a variety of patients. This book reviews issues in nutritional assessment, management, delivery, complications, and cost-effectiveness of both enteral and parenteral supplementation. The information presented is not only vital for adequate patient care, but also timely in light of an increasingly diverse patient population and an increasingly complex health care environment. The book is targeted to medical practitioners involved in the day-to-day care of hospitalized patients. It offers insight into the complexities of metabolic support and very effectively describes its implementation. The first part of the book explains in great detail the science of nutrition, and provides the reader with up-to-date reference material. The second part provides examples of order forms assessment forms as well as charts and graphs of relevant data to illustrate nutritional concepts and help the practitioner develop an effective strategy to provide nutritional support. This is a undoubtedly a useful book for the medical professional. It clearlyoutlines strategies to provide effective nutritional support to the hospitalized patient. Moreover, it discusses the fundamental scientific principles used to develop these strategies. The author and contributors are respected, credible experts in their respective fields. This book brings to attention the importance nutrition has in the morbidity and mortality of the hospitalized patient, and how to manage nutritional needs to improve overall patient care.

Torosian, Michael H., MD (Univ of Pennsylvania)

The contributors represent the specialties of surgery, clinical nutrition, surgical oncology, pharmacology, and gastroenterology. Most come from academic medical centers in the U.S., with a few from research institutions and in private practice. Institutions prominently represented include National Cancer Institute, Harvard, Cornell, Univ of Pennsylvania, Mayo, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Univ of Cincinnati.