Author : Gary P. Zaloga
Release : 1994
Genre : Medical
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Nutrition in Critical Care by : Gary P. Zaloga
Download or read book Nutrition in Critical Care written by Gary P. Zaloga. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deals with nutritional support of critically ill patients. Discusses nutritional assessment, fuel metabolism, and macronutrient (protein, fat, carbohydrate, nucleic acid, mineral) and micronutrient (vitamins, trace element) metabolism. Discusses the route and timing of nutritional support, enteral feeding, parenteral nutrition, wound healing, inflammatory mediators, immunity, the gut barrier, bacterial translocation, and use of growth factors. Also discusses nutritional support of common disease states treated in critical care units, such as trauma, neuroinjury, sepsis, burns, gastrointestinal disease, respiratory and heart failure, renal failure, liver failure, AIDS, and diabetes mellitus.