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Author:   M. Isabel T.D Correia (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil) ,  M. Isabel T.D Correia (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil) ,  M. Isabel T.D Correia (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil) ,  M. Isabel T.D Correia (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9780128164389

ISBN 10:   0128164387
Pages:   338
Publication Date:   26 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. History of surgery, metabolism, and nutrition therapy 2. Organic response to stress 3. Nutritional status and requirements 4. Wound healing 5. Metabolic and nutritional surgical preconditioning 6. Bowel preparation 7. Rational for the use of antibiotics 8. Postoperative nutrition therapy 9. Nutrition therapy complications 10. Immunonutrition 11. Pro-, pre-, and symbiotics 12. Exercise therapy 13. Catheters 14. Fluid and electrolyte therapy 15. Acute pain management 16. Antiemetic agents and motility stimulant medications 17. Other multimodal strategies 18. Music in the perioperative period 19. The special patient 20. Interdisciplinary teams 21. Quality, safety, and performance improvement 22. Clinical and economic impact of protocols 23. Knowledge translation 24. Patient empowerment 25. Ethical considerations 26. Evidence-based Medicine in surgery

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This article discusses history of surgery and metabolism, preoperative counseling, investigation of nutritional requirements along with nutritional therapy. It also covers preoperative nutrition, preoperative fasting, nutritional therapy in the form of oral supplements, enteral and parenteral approaches. This book is intended for medical students, residents, surgeons and internists, nurses, dieticians, pharmacists and physical therapists. --IFIS Publishing

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Dr. Correia is a retired professor of surgery at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Medical School, and currently, she still acts as an invited professor of surgery at the same university. She has dedicated her time to clinical practice in surgery and nutrition, is the head of the nutrition therapy team at the Surgical Gastrointestinal Department at the University Hospital, and is a member of the nutrition team Eterna at Rede Mater Dei. She is the deputy editor-in-chief for Nutrition: The International Journal of Applied and Basic Nutritional Sciences and is also editor for the gastrointestinal issue of Current Opinion in Metabolic and Nutrition Care, as well as an editorial board member for several other nutrition journals.

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