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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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