Nutritional Support
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Monday, November 23, 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...

DNA-driven nutritional therapy of inflammatory bowel disease.

30 Aug 2009 Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) consists of two main disorders, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, that cause chronic, recurrent inflammation of the intestine. An inappropriate immune response to the enteric ecosystem has been postulated to ... Read more...

[Dosage of renal replacement therapy in acute renal failure]

23 Aug 2009 Acute kidney injury in the ICU is increasing dramatically worldwide, making the need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) greater than ever. Unresolved issues are questions like when do we start RRT and how do we measure its dose. Several recent ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Nutritional Support'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nutritional support is maintained: case report. 29 Sep 2009
• Nutrition in cystic fibrosis. 14 Sep 2009
• DNA-driven nutritional therapy of inflammatory bowel disease. 30 Aug 2009
• A.S.P.E.N. clinical guidelines: nutrition support therapy during adult anticancer treatment and in hematopoietic cell transplantation. 30 Aug 2009
• Maintenance of normoglycemia, insulin therapy, or feeding: why not all three? 30 Aug 2009
• [Dosage of renal replacement therapy in acute renal failure] 23 Aug 2009
• Duodenal stenosis resulting from a preduodenal portal vein and an operation for scoliosis. 19 Aug 2009
• Management strategies for infants with total intestinal aganglionosis. 30 Jul 2009
• Should the principle of "pay for performance" be applied to nutrition support? 30 Jul 2009
• Nutrition support therapy in acute kidney injury: distinguishing dogma from good practice. 30 Jul 2009
• Current management and novel insights in acute pancreatitis. 30 Jul 2009
• Biliary atresia: how medical complications and therapies impact outcome. 30 Jul 2009
• Gastrostomy placement improves height and weight gain in girls with Rett syndrome. 30 Jul 2009
• High frequencies of elevated alkaline phosphatase activity and rickets exist in extremely low birth weight infants despite current nutritional support. 27 Jul 2009
• Quality of life in Brazilian obese adolescents: effects of a long-term multidisciplinary lifestyle therapy. Jul 2009
• Supplementation of urea-molasses-straw based diet with different levels of concentrate for fattening of emaciated bulls. 29 Jun 2009
• A difficult clinical problem: diagnosis, impact and clinical management of cachexia in palliative care. 29 Jun 2009
• Challenges in the management of neonatal surgical conditions under the absence of total parenteral nutrition. 29 Jun 2009
• [Nutritional intervention in surgery] 29 Jun 2009
• [Energy expenditure and nutritional support in intensive care patients] 29 Jun 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