Home parenteral nutrition [[electronic resource] /] / edited by F. Bozzetti, Michael Staun and Andre van Gossum

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, : CABI, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (434 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.854
• Soggetto topico: Parenteral feeding; Home nursing
• Altri autori: BozzettiF (Federico) StaunMichael GossumAndre van
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""PART I: PARENTERAL NUTRITION: AN OVERVIEW""; ""1 History of PARENTERAL Nutrition""; ""2 Home PARENTERAL Nutrition in Europe""; ""3 Home PARENTERAL Nutrition in the USA""; ""4 Home PARENTERAL Nutrition in Canada""; ""5 Home PARENTERAL Nutrition in Australia and New Zealand""; ""PART II: CLINICAL CONDITIONS""; ""6 Short Bowel Syndrome""; ""7 Gastrointestinal Fistulae""; ""8 Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction""; ""9 Radiation Enteropathy""; ""10 Cancer""; ""11 Mucosal Damage and Immunodeficiency""; ""12 Home Parenteral Nutrition in the Elderly"" ; ""PART III: COMPLICATIONS""""13 HPN-related Liver Disease""; ""14 Metabolic Bone Disease in Long-term HPN in Adults""; ""15 Metabolic and Other Rare Complications of HPN""; ""16 Catheter-related Complications""; ""17 Disease-related Complications""; ""PART IV: PRACTICAL ISSUES""; ""18 Adult Nutritional Requirements""; ""19 Carbohydrates""; ""20 Lipids""; ""21 Amino Acids, Protein and the Gut""; ""22 Micronutrients""; ""23 Venous Access Care""; ""24 Teaching Patients Home Parental Nutrition""; ""25 Preparation and Provision of HPN Solutions"" ; ""26 Administration of Home Parenteral Nutrition""""27 Monitoring Patients on Home Parenteral Nutrition""; ""28 Dietetics in Home Parenteral Nutrition""; ""PART V: PAEDIATRICS""; ""29 Home Parenteral Nutrition in Children""; ""PART VI: MISCELLANEOUS ASPECTS OF HOME PARENTERAL NUTRITION""; ""30 Quality of Life for Patients on Home Parenteral Nutrition""; ""31 Ethical and Legal Aspects of Home Parenteral Nutrition""; ""32 Legislation on Home Parenteral Nutrition""; ""33 Surgical Alternatives in Patients with Short Bowel Syndrome""; ""34 The Use of Growth Factors in Short Bowel Syndrome"" ; ""35 Intestinal Transplantation""""36 Home Parenteral Nutrition: Perspectives""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""
• Sommario/riassunto: Containing contributions from leading international experts this book explores the life-saving treatment of home parenteral nutrition. It covers the complete scenario of home parenteral nutrition (HPN), from its prevalence in different continents to clinical indications and the practical aspects of its management. Topics covered include the growing use of HPN, theoretical and practical issues associated with HPN in adults and the pediatric population, indications and outcomes in various diseases, complications, nutrient requirements, preparation and administration of the admixtures, monitoring
• Titolo autorizzato: Home parenteral nutrition
• ISBN: 1-280-73611-9; 9786610736119; 1-84593-157-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910446336403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II