Nutrition Support Methods in Elderly Patients

Guidelines for nutrition support in the elderly.

Nutritional support in the elderly not only co-operates in pharmacological treatment but also very often is a primary therapy for their health. The type of artificial nutrition (AN) to use will depend on the present illness and the previous health record. Due to the fact that enteral feeding (EF) is less expensive and aggressive we should use EF whenever possible, leaving parenteral nutrition (...

Wilson’s Disease: Nutrition Support

Wilson’s disease (WD) or hepato-lenticular degeneration is a rare autosomal-recessive disorder. A prevalence rate of 30 cases per million and a birth incidence rate of one per 30,000 to 40,000 are often quoted. In 40 to 50% of individuals with WD, hepatic dysfunction is the initial clinical manifestation. With the exception of liver transplantation, treatment of WD is only palliative and intend...

Nutrition in Elderly Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Nutrition and the Elderly Surgical Patients

As the world’s population is living longer, there are increasingly more elderly patients requiring surgical intervention. Today, we do more surgeries for the elderly than we used to. The elderly patients receiving surgical treatment are more complex because of their diminished physiological reserve, background co morbidities, cognitive impairment and they are at higher risk of developing postop...

Nutrition and the Elderly Surgical Patients

As the world’s population is living longer, there are increasingly more elderly patients requiring surgical intervention. Today, we do more surgeries for the elderly than we used to. The elderly patients receiving surgical treatment are more complex because of their diminished physiological reserve, background co morbidities, cognitive impairment and they are at higher risk of developing postop...