Nutrition in the clinical management of disease /

Nutrition in the clinical management of disease / edited by John W.T. Dickerson and Harry A. Lee. - Second edition. - xii, 532 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Previous ed.: 1978. Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nutrition for and during pregnancy; childhood; inborn errors of metabolism in children; marasmus and kwashiorkor; nutrition in the elderly; obesity - management in the treatment of disease; anorexia nervosa; diabetes mellitus; diet in the management of cardiovascular disease; diseases of the alimentary tract; disorders of the liver and gall bladder; the nutritional management of renal disease; anaemias and coagulation disorders of nutritional origin; mineral metabolism; nutrition and disorders of the nervous system; nutrition and cancer; food intolerance; the interrelationships of nutrition and drugs; nutritional aspects of different dietary practices; nutrition and alcohol; assessment of nutritional status; enteral feeds; parenteral nutrition.

This text shows the reader how important mutritional support is to the overall clinical management of the patient. The new deition has been updated to include the significant developments in nutritional studies in recent years.


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