Handbook of Clinical Nutrition
4th Edition
Published on 1. February 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
672 pages
978-0-323-03952-9 (ISBN)
Description
Nutrition plays an increasingly significant role in patient care and disease prevention. The Handbook of Clinical Nutrition was the first - and continues to be the most practical and convenient - comprehensive resource on providing nutritional support for your patients. This edition is thoroughly updated to bring you the latest in nutrition science and treatment and features timely, new chapters on: Metabolic Syndrome, Counseling for Lifestyle Change, Complementary / Alternative Nutritional Therapies, and Physical Activity. The liberal use of tables, detailed table of contents, and comprehensive index allow you quick access to key information, which is presented using a disease-oriented approach. The pocket-size and spiral format allow you to carry the book with you and refer to it easily.
Uses a concise, clinical focus to provide just the information you need.
Makes reference easy with an intuitive organization and pocket-sized spiral format
Contains numerous tables of drug-nutrient interactions, therapeutic diets, food composition, lab tests, nutritional assessments, and more.
Includes information on performing nutritional assessments and providing nutritional support and counselling.
Expanded chapter on physical activity
Contains new chapters on: o Metabolic Syndrome o Counseling for Lifestyle Change o Complementary and Alternative Nutritional Therapies o Physical Activity
Uses a concise, clinical focus to provide just the information you need.
Makes reference easy with an intuitive organization and pocket-sized spiral format
Contains numerous tables of drug-nutrient interactions, therapeutic diets, food composition, lab tests, nutritional assessments, and more.
Includes information on performing nutritional assessments and providing nutritional support and counselling.
Expanded chapter on physical activity
Contains new chapters on: o Metabolic Syndrome o Counseling for Lifestyle Change o Complementary and Alternative Nutritional Therapies o Physical Activity
More details
Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
St Louis
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Target group
College/higher education
3rd & 4th year Medical Students, Internal Medicine, Gastrointestinal/Nutrition
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 187 mm
Width: 111 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-323-03952-9 (9780323039529)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
D.C. Heimburger | Roland L. Weinsier
Handbook of Clinical Nutrition
Clinicians' Manual of Diagnosis and Management of Nutrition Problems
Book
08/1996
3rd Edition
Mosby
€67.11
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Content
PART I. NUTRITION FOR HEALTH MAINTENANCE - ARD
Health promotion and disease prevention Ard
Counseling for lifestyle change* Franklin/Lorish
Nutrients: metabolism, requirements, and sources Heimburger / Newton
Pregnancy and lactation Tisdale
Infancy Franklin/Figueroa
Childhood and adolescence Spear
Aging Ritchie
Complementary/ alternative nutritional therapies* To be determined
PART II. NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT IN PATIENT MANAGEMENT - HEIMBURGER / NEWTON
Illness-associated malnutrition Heimburger
Nutritional Assessment Heimburger
Nutritional support: General approach and complications Heimburger
The Nutrition Support Team Delete?
Therapeutic diets Morgan
Enteral nutrition Heimburger / Newton
Parenteral nutrition Heimburger / Newton
Drug-nutrient interactions Thompson
PART III. NUTRITION IN SPECIFIC CLINICAL SITUATIONS - HEMBURGER & ARD
Illness-associated malnutrition Heimburger
Nutritional Assessment Heimburger
Nutritional support: General approach and complications Heimburger
The Nutrition Support Team Delete?
Therapeutic diets Morgan
Enteral nutrition Heimburger / Newton
Parenteral nutrition Heimburger / Newton
Drug-nutrient interactions Thompson
Metabolic Syndrome* Garvey
Obesity Ard
Diabetes Shikany/Garvey
Hypertension Ard
Cardiovascular disease Ard/Franklin
Cancer Heimburger
Gastrointestinal & liver diseases Aranda-Michel
Critical illness/ Pulmonary disease (separate or merged chapters) Newton
Renal disease JDA ask around
Anemias Morgan
Eating disorders Spear
Metabolic bone disease Morgan
AIDS Delete? Kotler?
Organ transplantation Aranda-Michel (or delete/merge)
APPENDICES
Normal laboratory values Heimburger
Commonly used equations Heimburger
Vitamin and mineral supplement composition tables Thompson
Conversion factors for various minerals Heimburger
Volumes of fluid entering and leaving the intestinal tract; Composition of abnormal external losses Heimburger
Health promotion and disease prevention Ard
Counseling for lifestyle change* Franklin/Lorish
Nutrients: metabolism, requirements, and sources Heimburger / Newton
Pregnancy and lactation Tisdale
Infancy Franklin/Figueroa
Childhood and adolescence Spear
Aging Ritchie
Complementary/ alternative nutritional therapies* To be determined
PART II. NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT IN PATIENT MANAGEMENT - HEIMBURGER / NEWTON
Illness-associated malnutrition Heimburger
Nutritional Assessment Heimburger
Nutritional support: General approach and complications Heimburger
The Nutrition Support Team Delete?
Therapeutic diets Morgan
Enteral nutrition Heimburger / Newton
Parenteral nutrition Heimburger / Newton
Drug-nutrient interactions Thompson
PART III. NUTRITION IN SPECIFIC CLINICAL SITUATIONS - HEMBURGER & ARD
Illness-associated malnutrition Heimburger
Nutritional Assessment Heimburger
Nutritional support: General approach and complications Heimburger
The Nutrition Support Team Delete?
Therapeutic diets Morgan
Enteral nutrition Heimburger / Newton
Parenteral nutrition Heimburger / Newton
Drug-nutrient interactions Thompson
Metabolic Syndrome* Garvey
Obesity Ard
Diabetes Shikany/Garvey
Hypertension Ard
Cardiovascular disease Ard/Franklin
Cancer Heimburger
Gastrointestinal & liver diseases Aranda-Michel
Critical illness/ Pulmonary disease (separate or merged chapters) Newton
Renal disease JDA ask around
Anemias Morgan
Eating disorders Spear
Metabolic bone disease Morgan
AIDS Delete? Kotler?
Organ transplantation Aranda-Michel (or delete/merge)
APPENDICES
Normal laboratory values Heimburger
Commonly used equations Heimburger
Vitamin and mineral supplement composition tables Thompson
Conversion factors for various minerals Heimburger
Volumes of fluid entering and leaving the intestinal tract; Composition of abnormal external losses Heimburger