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Nutrition in Critical Care
Peter Faber
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Description for Nutrition in Critical Care
paperback. Provides comprehensive and practical guidance for managing the nutritional requirements of critically ill patients and thereby improving prognosis. Editor(s): Faber, Peter; Siervo, Mario. Num Pages: 261 pages, 18 b/w illus. 42 tables. BIC Classification: MBNH3; MMKL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 442.
The association between poor nutrition and disease is well established. Integrating nutritional sciences into clinical practice offers a valuable tool to improve patient care and prognosis, particularly within the critical care environment where nutrition is often overlooked. However, optimizing nutritional support offers a safe and simple adjunct to more expensive and technologically challenging treatments for these complex patients. This volume provides comprehensive guidelines for the nutritional support of critically ill patients and is valuable reading for doctors, nurses, dieticians and practitioners working within the critical care environment. It begins by discussing nutritional physiology and patient assessment, providing an essential foundation ... Read more
The association between poor nutrition and disease is well established. Integrating nutritional sciences into clinical practice offers a valuable tool to improve patient care and prognosis, particularly within the critical care environment where nutrition is often overlooked. However, optimizing nutritional support offers a safe and simple adjunct to more expensive and technologically challenging treatments for these complex patients. This volume provides comprehensive guidelines for the nutritional support of critically ill patients and is valuable reading for doctors, nurses, dieticians and practitioners working within the critical care environment. It begins by discussing nutritional physiology and patient assessment, providing an essential foundation ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
441g
Number of Pages
261
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107669017
SKU
V9781107669017
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Ref
99-12
About Peter Faber
Peter Faber, MD, PhD, FRCA, FFICM is a Consultant Cardio-Thoracic Anaesthetist, Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Mario Siervo, MD, MSc, PhD, RPHN is Lecturer in Nutrition and Ageing, Human Nutrition Research Centre, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University.
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