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PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO NUTRITIONAL IMPAIRMENT
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO NUTRITIONAL IMPAIRMENT Metabolic response to fasting or starvation The...
Metabolic response to trauma and sepsis
Metabolic response to trauma and sepsis This is described in greater detail in Chapter 1 , and co...
NUTRITION SUPPORT TEAMS
NUTRITION SUPPORT TEAMS Multidisciplinary nutrition support teams are essential to ensure that al...
FURTHER READING
FURTHER READING British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Parenteral nutrition . ...
Introduction
INTRODUCTION Optimal nutritional status, both pre- and postoperatively , is a key factor in reduc...
Learning objectives
Learning objectives To understand: The importance of assessment of perioperative nutritional • st...
FLUID AND ELECTROL YTE REPLACEMENT Daily fluid balance
FLUID AND ELECTROL YTE REPLACEMENT Daily fluid balance els Fluid intake consists of liquid ingest...
Enteral nutrition
Enteral nutrition Enteral nutrition (the delivery of nutrients into the gastrointes - tinal tract...
FLUID AND ELECTROL YTE REPLACEMENT Daily fluid bala
FLUID AND ELECTROL YTE REPLACEMENT Daily fluid balance els Fluid intake consists of liquid ingest...
Clinical evaluation
Clinical evaluation Clinical assessment of nutritional status should begin by consideration of ...
EFFECTS OF INTESTINAL RESECTION ON FLUID AND NUTRI
EFFECTS OF INTESTINAL RESECTION ON FLUID AND NUTRIENT ABSORPTION The main role of the intestine ...
EFFECTS OF INTESTINAL RESECTION ON FLUID AND NUTRIENT ABSORPTION
EFFECTS OF INTESTINAL RESECTION ON FLUID AND NUTRIENT ABSORPTION The main role of the intestine ...
ARTIFICIAL NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT
ARTIFICIAL NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT Given the importance of adequate nutrition in recovery from illne...
Anthropometry
Anthropometry Anthropometry uses several di ff erent parameters to obtain an estimate of body com...
Biochemistry
Biochemistry Biochemical tests can be used in conjunction with clinical history , examination, co...
Wound care
Wound care Within hours of the wound being surgically closed, the dead space fills up with an infla...
Wound dehiscence
Wound dehiscence Wound dehiscence is disruption of any or all of the layers in a wound. Dehisce...
Thoracic surgery
Thoracic surgery Careful fluid management is important in patients undergoing a lobectomy or pneum...
Urology
Urology Catheter patency must be checked regularly following urolog ical surgery . In patients wh...
Vascular surgery
Vascular surgery The patency of grafts and anastomoses, for example femoro popliteal bypasses an...