Clinical nutrition in gastrointestinal disease / / edited by Alan L. Buchman.

• TeilnehmendeR: Buchman, Alan.
• Place / Publishing House: Thorofare, NJ : : SLACK Incorporated,, [2006]; 2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (707 pages) :; illustrations

Table of Contents

The practical nutritional assessment -- Body composition analysis -- Micronutrient deficiencies -- Clinical consequences of undernutrition -- The malabsorption syndrome -- The Dietary reference intakes: what are they and what do they mean? -- Dietary treatment of gastrointestinal diseases -- Macronutrient digestion, absorption, and metabolism -- Food allergies -- Dietary supplements: herbs and vitamins -- Prebiotics, probiotics, and dietary fiber -- Food and water safety: potential for bioterrorist attack -- Metabolic bone disease in gastrointestinal illness -- Nutrition in the elderly -- Nutrition and alcoholism -- Nutrition and diabetes mellitus -- Nutrition and colorectal cancer -- Nutritional support in inflammatory bowel disease -- Celiac disease -- Nutrition and liver disease -- Nutrition in chronic pancreatitis -- Nutritional support in acute pancreatitis -- Nutrition and gastrointestinal motility in health and disease -- Inborn errors of metabolism for the gastroenterologist -- Nutrition and cystic fibrosis -- Nutrition and gastrointestinal oncology -- The metabolic response to critical illness -- Clinical implications of oxidative stress and antioxidant therapy in gastrointestinal disease -- Perioperative nutritional support -- Dietary management in short bowel syndrome -- Nontransplant surgery for short bowel syndrome -- Intestinal transplantation -- The use of growth factors in short bowel syndrome -- Indications and contraindications to enteral and parenteral nutrition -- Vascular access for the patient receiving parenteral nutrition -- Parenteral nutrition formulas -- Pediatric parenteral nutrition -- Complications of long-term parenteral nutrition -- Complications of enteral nutrition -- Home parenteral nutrition in infants, children, and adults -- Administration routes for enteral nutrition -- Adult enteral nutrition: formulas and supplements -- Pediatric enteral formulas -- Home enteral nutrition -- Refeeding syndrome -- Medical, legal, and ethical aspects of nutritional support -- Medical management of obesity -- Control of food intake -- Surgical management of obesity -- Gastrointestinal complications of bariatric surgery -- Hyperlipidemia: genetic and nutritional considerations for the gastroenterologist -- Management of childhood obesity -- Nutritional support of obese and bariatric patients.