Nutritional Support - Methods
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Nutrition in cystic fibrosis.

14 Sep 2009 Cystic fibrosis (CF) is mostly recognized for its pulmonary morbidity, but the earliest manifestations of the disease are related to its gastrointestinal and nutritional derangements. Destruction of acinar pancreatic tissue, pancreatic ductular ... Read more...

Management strategies for infants with total intestinal aganglionosis.

30 Jul 2009 PURPOSE: This study investigated appropriate management strategies for infants with total intestinal aganglionosis (TIA), focusing on surgical and medical managements. METHODS: Six infants with TIA or near TIA treated in our institution between 1980 ... Read more...

Nutrition support therapy in acute kidney injury: distinguishing dogma from good practice.

30 Jul 2009 Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequently observed complication in critically ill patients. Its presentation may range from the early risk of renal dysfunction to complete renal failure. Morbidity and mortality in the AKI patient increase with the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Nutritional Support - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nutrition in cystic fibrosis. 14 Sep 2009
• Management strategies for infants with total intestinal aganglionosis. 30 Jul 2009
• Nutrition support therapy in acute kidney injury: distinguishing dogma from good practice. 30 Jul 2009
• Gastrostomy placement improves height and weight gain in girls with Rett syndrome. 30 Jul 2009
• A difficult clinical problem: diagnosis, impact and clinical management of cachexia in palliative care. 29 Jun 2009
• Oral supplementation with melon superoxide dismutase extract promotes antioxidant defences in the brain and prevents stress-induced impairment of spatial memory. 6 Jun 2009
• [Successive application of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy with jejunal extension and percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy in a case of multiple system atrophy] 30 May 2009
• Nutritional support of very low birth weight newborns. 30 May 2009
• The consultant pharmacist's expanded role in nutrition management. 30 May 2009
• [How can we integrate nutritional support in medical oncology?] 30 May 2009
• Systematic review of postdischarge oral nutritional supplementation in patients undergoing GI surgery. 30 May 2009
• Cystic fibrosis. 2 May 2009
• Nutritional rehabilitation: from pulmonary cachexia to sarcoPD. 29 Apr 2009
• [Significance of NST in the nutritional management for liver disorders] 29 Apr 2009
• A.S.P.E.N. Clinical Guidelines: nutrition support of the critically ill child. 29 Apr 2009
• Feeding patients following pancreaticoduodenectomy: a UK national survey. 28 Apr 2009
• Diarrhoea and vomiting caused by gastroenteritis in children under 5 years: summary of NICE guidance. 20 Apr 2009
• Nutritional support to patients within the pediatric intensive setting. 30 Mar 2009
• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity Society, and American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery medical guidelines for clinical practice for the perioperative nutritional, metabolic, and nonsurgical support of the bariatric surgery patient. 30 Mar 2009
• Issues in geriatric nutrition. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Nutritional Support'

Definition: The administration of nutrients for assimilation and utilization by a patient by means other than normal eating. It does not include FLUID THERAPY which normalizes body fluids to restore WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE.

Descriptor UI: D018529

Alternative terms: Nutritional Support; Support, Nutritional; Artificial Feeding; Feeding, Artificial;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.642.500;

History Note: 95

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics