Nutrition in ICU Patients / edited by Andreas Rümelin, Konstantin Mayer, Thomas W. Felbinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rümelin, Andreas.

Series:

Medicine Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical care medicine.

Anesthesiology.

Internal medicine.

Intensive Care Medicine.

Internal Medicine.

Local Subjects:

Intensive Care Medicine.

Anesthesiology.

Internal Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

This book discusses practical topics in critical care nutrition including basic principles and practices in nutrition support in the ICU. Tailoring nutrition solutions is crucial for the development and prognosis of critical illness and this is why this text, written by internationally well-known experts in the field, provides useful examples from everyday clinical practice: When to start enteral/parenteral nutrition? Which composition and formulation is indicated? What to consider in cases of liver or kidney failure, sepsis, neonatal intensive care? Therefore, it represents a useful guide for all healthcare professionals in this area, such as physicians, nurses, and dietitians.

Contents:

1. Physiology and Pathophysiology of the gastrointestinal tract

2. Nutritional status

3. Proteins and Amino Acids

4. Carbohydrate Metabolism and Insulin Resistance in Critically Ill Patients: Implications for the Management of Insulin and Medical Nutrition Therapy

5. Lipids in Nutritional Therapy

6. Nutritional Adjustment

7. Enteral and parenteral nutrition in the ICU

8. Immunonutrition and Pharmaconutrition

9. Excel worksheet for calculating an adapted nutrition plan

10. Children and adolescents

11. Obesity and cachexia

12. Gastro-intestinal Sonography in Nutritional Management – A Clinical Perspective

13. Nutrition in Patients with Kidney Disease

14. Nutrition in Liver Disease

15. Nutrition in Lung Disease

16. Pancreatic Disease in ICU

17. Nutritional Management in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

18. Sepsis

19. Nutrition therapy in Major Burns

20. Special enteral diets: Synbiotics

21. Early mobilisation in ICU

22. Ethical Challenges of Artificial Nutrition in Intensive Care: Navigating the Borders between Self-Determination, Authenticity, and Best Interest.

ISBN:

3-032-00818-2

9783032008183

OCLC:

1553141807