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Cancer and HIV clinical nutrition pocket guide / Gail M. Wilkes.
Holman Biotech Commons RC268.45 .W57 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilkes, Gail M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cancer--Nutritional aspects.
- Cancer.
- Cancer--Diet therapy.
- AIDS (Disease)--Nutritional aspects.
- AIDS (Disease).
- AIDS (Disease)--Diet therapy.
- Neoplasms--diet therapy.
- HIV Infections--diet therapy.
- Medical Subjects:
- Neoplasms--diet therapy.
- HIV Infections--diet therapy.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [1999]
- Contents:
- 1. Nutrition in Health and Disease 3
- Review of Nutritional Principles 4
- Nutrients and the Physiology of Digestion 6
- 2. Nutritional Alterations in Disease 25
- Starvation 29
- Impact of Malnutrition on Immune Function in Cancer and HIV Infection 30
- Future Horizons 39
- 3. Pathophysiology of Malnutrition in Cancer and HIV Infection 45
- Primary Direct Causes 45
- Primary Indirect Causes 58
- Secondary Direct Causes 61
- Secondary Indirect Causes 71
- Part 2 Clinical Applications
- 4. Planning Nutritional Care for the Client with Cancer or HIV Infection 83
- Nutritional Goals 84
- Nutritional Assessment 86
- Nutritional History 87
- Physical Assessment 87
- General Nutritional Management 99
- Management of Nutrition Impact Symptoms 102
- Nutrition Impact Symptoms 104
- Unproved Nutritional Therapies 132
- Client Education 139
- 5. Pharmacologic Agents Used in Symptom Management to Maximize Nutritional Status 163
- Anorexia 163
- Nausea and Vomiting 175
- Constipation 185
- Diarrhea 196
- 6. Nutritional Supplementation 207
- Calculating Nutritional Needs 207
- Oral Feeding 211
- Assessing Available Supplements 215
- Tube Feeding (Enteral) 215
- Complications of Tube Feedings 217
- Total Parenteral Nutrition 217
- IIA Ideal Body Weights for Men 222
- IIB Ideal Body Weights for Women 223
- III Major Nutrients and Their Effect on the Immune System 224
- IV Tips to Increase the Caloric and Protein Density of Foods 227.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0763706817
- OCLC:
- 40698427
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