Nutritional Support in Malignant disease

Nutritional support in malignant disease.

The patient with cancer has multiple metabolic and nutritional abnormalities. The indications and methods of nutritional support required may therefore vary considerably from patient to patient. Currently many techniques are available for the administration of nutritional support. Rather than review each of these in detail it is considered more appropriate to pose specific questions in relation...

Nutritional Support in Gastrointestinal Disease

· To learn the anatomy of the gastro-intestinal tract; · To learn the physiology of the gastro-intestinal tract especially with regard to nutrition; · To learn the consequences of critical illness on the function of the gastro-intestinal tract; · To learn the causes of disturbances in the balance between intestinal bacteria spp and their effects on the function of the bowel; · To learn the cons...

Nutritional Support in Gastrointestinal Disease

• To get a global understanding of the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome, idiopathic chronic constipation, and diverticular disease for a more rational use of dietary tools in these conditions; • To learn about the true impact of “food intolerance” on symptoms of irritable bowel, thereby gaining insight into the role of excluding selected food from the diet of these patients; • To kno...

Nutritional support in liver disease

It has been recognised for many years that patients with chronic parenchymal liver disease are malnourished. Dr Roger Williams and his colleagues at King's were one of the first to formally document nutritional status in their patients when O'Keefe et al' reported that significant numbers of their patients had clinical, biochemical, haematological and immunological variables thought to be indic...

Nutritional Support in Liver Disease Topic 13 Module 13.2 Nutritional Support in Chronic Liver Disease