Nutrition in the infant : problems and practical procedures
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Nutrition in the infant : problems and practical procedures
Greenwich Medical Media, 2001
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This book is a comprehensive account of nutrition in the infant, written by a team of international experts. It is divided into a number of sections, (i) assessments, incidence and diagnosis of nutritional disorders; (ii) enteral and parenteral nutrition; (iii) micro- and macro-nutrients; (iv) diet and support in disease; (v) developmental, theoretical and educational aspects and each chapter is divided into key areas for ease of quick reference. A unique feature of the book is a series of summary tables which identify treatment regimens, formulations, doses and step-by-step practical guidelines.
Table of Contents
- 1. The nature and extent of malnutrition in children
- 2. Severe malnutrition in infancy
- 3. Nutritional screening methods during emergencies
- 4. Body composition in handicapped children
- 5. Use and abuse of centile curves for BMI
- 6. Behavioural aspects of feeding disorders
- 7. Minimal enternal nutrition of infants fed by TPN
- 8. Home enteral nutrition in infants and children
- 9. Parenteral nutrition in parents and children
- 10. Home parenteral nutrition
- 11. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
- 12. Trace elements required in artificial support
- 13. Protein requirements and the use of parenteral amino acids in the preterm neonate
- 14. Essential fatty acid requiments: implications for neuronal development
- 15. Prevention of iron deficiency in infants: issues and approaches
- 16. Magnesium
- 17. Nutritional antioxidants: modulation in malnutrition and support
- 18. Vitamin supplementation in developing countries
- 19. Mass nutritional supplementation
- 20. Dietary fiber in childhood
- 21. Critical illness: altered nutritional requirements
- 22. Oral rehydration therapy: guidelines for developing countries and the third world
- 23. Food intolerance
- 24. Low fat diets in children
- 25. Nutrition in the child with disabilities
- 26. Nutritional abnormalities due to Munchausen syndrome by proxy
- 27. Nutritional complications and support after small intestine transplantation
- 28. Nutritional requirements and treatment regimens after gastrointestinal resection
- 29. Nutritional requiments and support in HIV/AIDS
- 30. Nutritional requirements and support in liver disease
- 31. Nutritional management of diabetes mellitus
- 32. Nutritional support in Crohn's disease
- 33. Nutritional support in cystic fibrosis
- 34. Nutritional support in in-born errors of metabolism
- 35. Chilldhood obesity: incidence, diagnosis and strategy for change
- 36. Failure to thrive: home based interventions
- 37. Approaches to breast feeding: the role of hospitals, professionals, public health and governments in promoting breast feeding
- 38. Formula feeds: attributes and disadvantages
- 39. The role of colonic fermentation in infants.
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