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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959652603321

Titolo

Nutrition and traumatic brain injury : improving acute and subacute health outcomes in military personnel / / Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, 2011

ISBN

9786613135117

9780309210119

0309210119

9781283135115

1283135116

9780309210096

0309210097

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (444 p.)

Disciplina

617.481044

Soggetti

Brain - Wounds and injuries - Treatment

Nutrition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Summary""; ""Part I: Background""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Nutrition in Clinical Practice Guidelines for Traumatic Brain Injury""; ""3 Understanding Pathophysiological Changes""; ""Part II: Nutrition and TBI""; ""4 Approach for Selecting Nutritional Interventions: Mechanistic Targets""; ""5 Acquiring Resilience to TBI Prior to Injury""; ""6 Energy and Protein Needs During Early Feeding Following Traumatic Brain Injury""; ""7 Antioxidants""; ""8 Branched-Chain Amino Acids""; ""9 Choline""; ""10 Creatine""; ""11 Ketogenic Diet""

""12 Magnesium""""13 Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) and Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)""; ""14 Polyphenols""; ""15 Vitamin D""; ""16 Zinc""; ""Part III: Recommendations""; ""17 Summary of Recommendations""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Traumatic Brain Injury""; ""Appendix C: Workshop Speakers� Papers""; ""Appendix D:



Glossary""; ""Appendix E: Acronyms""; ""Appendix F: Committee Member Biographical Sketches""

Sommario/riassunto

"Traumatic brain injury (TBI) accounts for up to one-third of combat-related injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to some estimates. TBI is also a major problem among civilians, especially those who engage in certain sports. At the request of the Department of Defense, the IOM examined the potential role of nutrition in the treatment of and resilience against TBI."--Publisher's website.