Critical Care Nutrition Therapy for Non-nutritionists

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Berger, Mette M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Critical care medicine.; Neurology .; Cardiology.; Gastroenterology .; Emergency medicine.; Geriatric nursing.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Neurology.; Gastroenterology.; Emergency Medicine.; Geriatric Care.

This book offers a pragmatic approach to day-to-day metabolic and nutritional care based on physiological considerations. Due to the numerous controversial trials published in the last 15 years, there is no clear guidance for intensive care physicians regarding the metabolic and nutritional manageme...

Table of Contents:

• General ICU patient
• Nutrition during prolonged hemodynamic instability
• ECMO patients
• Intestinal failure
• Brain injury and nutrition
• Burns (major)
• Obesity
• Acute Kidney Injury with and without renal replacement therapy
• Patient on non-invasive ventilation
• The very old patients
• Inborn Errors of Metabolism in Adults: Clues for nutritional management in ICU
• Nutrition and Metabolic Support in Chronic Critical Illness
• Practical aspects of nutrition.