Cancer and HIV Clinical Nutrition Pocket Guide / Edition 2

by GAIL WILKES

Overview

"Cancer and HIV Clinical Nutrition Pocket Guide, Second Edition" is in tended to assist the clinician in providing care to individuals at ris k for, or who are experiencing, nutritional alterations related to can cer or HIV infection. The concepts discussed in this pocket guide can be applied across care boundaries and are useful for providers in home care, ambulatory care, or inpatient care settings. This pocket guide provides an overview of basic nutritional concepts and explores nutri tional alterations in cancer and HIV infection. It also addresses the pathophysiology and malnutrition in cancer or HIV infection and the st rategies for nutritional needs of the individual with cancer or HIV in fection. The appendices provides resources and nutritional educational materials available for individuals with cancer or HIV infection, hin ts for high-calorie and high-protein foods, ideal body weight charts, Centers for Disease Control AIDS case definition, and a glossary.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763706814
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	04/06/1999
Series:	Jones and Bartlett Series in Oncology
Edition description:	2E
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Wilkes, Gail M., RNC, MS, AOCN (Boston Medical Center)

Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
	Reviewers	xiv
Part 1	Overview and Pathophysiology of Malnutrition
1.	Nutrition in Health and Disease	3
	Review of Nutritional Principles	4
	Nutrients and the Physiology of Digestion	6
	References	22
2.	Nutritional Alterations in Disease	25
	Starvation	29
	Impact of Malnutrition on Immune Function in Cancer and HIV Infection	30
	Future Horizons	39
	References	40
3.	Pathophysiology of Malnutrition in Cancer and HIV Infection	45
	Primary Direct Causes	45
	Primary Indirect Causes	58
	Secondary Direct Causes	61
	Secondary Indirect Causes	71
	Conclusion	73
	References	74
Part 2	Clinical Applications
4.	Planning Nutritional Care for the Client with Cancer or HIV Infection	83
	Nutritional Goals	84
	Nutritional Assessment	86
	Nutritional History	87
	Physical Assessment	87
	General Nutritional Management	99
	Management of Nutrition Impact Symptoms	102
	Nutrition Impact Symptoms	104
	Unproved Nutritional Therapies	132
	Client Education	139
	References	156
5.	Pharmacologic Agents Used in Symptom Management to Maximize Nutritional Status	163
	Anorexia	163
	Nausea and Vomiting	175
	Constipation	185
	Diarrhea	196
	References	203
6.	Nutritional Supplementation	207
	Calculating Nutritional Needs	207
	Oral Feeding	211
	Assessing Available Supplements	215
	Tube Feeding (Enteral)	215
	Complications of Tube Feedings	217
	Total Parenteral Nutrition	217
	References	218
	Appendices
I	Nutritional Educational Resources	221
IIA	Ideal Body Weights for Men	222
IIB	Ideal Body Weights for Women	223
III	Major Nutrients and Their Effect on the Immune System	224
IV	Tips to Increase the Caloric and Protein Density of Foods	227
V	Enteral Nutrition Ready Reference	232
VI	Centers for Disease Control Definition of HIV Infection	244
	Glossary	247
	Index	249

Editorial Reviews

Assists clinicians in providing care to individuals experiencing nutritional alterations related to cancer or HIV infection. Overviews basic nutritional concepts and nutritional alterations in cancer and HIV infection, addresses pathophysiology and malnutrition in cancer and HIV, and gives strategies for nutritional needs of individuals. Appendices provide resources and educational materials, hints for different foods, body weight charts, case definitions, and a glossary. Useful for care providers in home care, ambulatory care, and inpatient care settings. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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