Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation: A Clinical Guide / Edition 1

by Laura E. Matarese, Ezra Steiger, Douglas L. Seidner

Overview

The introduction of parenteral nutrition support has given patients with short bowel syndrome the time they need to achieve maximal intestinal rehabilitation and has allowed these patients to survive. The pioneering work of Drs. Byrnes and Wilmore in the 1990s focused on novel techniques to enhance intestinal adaptation and absorption, including modification of diet, special nutrients, oral rehydration solutions, growth factors, and surgical techniques. Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation: A Clinical Guide brings together an expert group of clinicians to help us understand current information regarding the prevention, diagnosis, care, and management of patients with intestinal failure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849318030
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/28/2004
Series:	Modern Nutrition Science Series
Pages:	420
Sales rank:	577,708
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Laura E. Matarese, Ezra Steiger, Douglas L. Seidner

Table of Contents

Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation: A Clinical Guide presents the most current information regarding the prevention, diagnosis, care, and management of patients with intestinal failure. The book review s the basic principles and concepts, discusses diagnostic evaluation using a variety of techniques, and covers treatment plan formulation. It addresses dietary modifications, medical management, the use of trophic substances, enteral and parenteral nutrition, surgery, and transplantation. Following a discussion of special considerations, such as pediatrics and enterostomaltherapy, the text concludes with outcomes and future directions for research.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Trevor A. Winter, MD, PhD (University of Kentucky College of Medicine)
Description: Effective management strategies for short bowel syndrome and gut failure are of relatively recent innovation. This book, part of the Modern Nutrition series, provides a valuable, comprehensive overview of the physiology, pathogenesis, and management strategies for this condition.
Purpose: The stated purpose is to provide a sound resource for healthcare practitioners providing clinical care to patients with gut failure, as well as to stimulate new topics of research. Until relatively recently, short bowel syndrome and intestinal failure carried a grave prognosis, and patients would often die of malnutrition and associated complications. Recent innovations have significantly improved the outcome of these patients, and it is important to keep healthcare practitioners updated regarding these new developments. Several well known and respected researchers in these fields have contributed to this book, proving a comprehensive overview. Readers will find the book valuable in contributing to their understanding of the pathophysiology of intestinal failure, as well as indicating efficient and novel management strategies.
Audience: The preface indicates that the series is geared for nutritional scientists as well as health care professionals such as dieticians, physicians, nurses, and pharmacists. In addition, medical students are likely to benefit from the contents of this book.
Features: The book provides a very comprehensive overview of intestinal failure. The initial chapters are devoted to the anatomy, physiology, and pathogenesis of intestinal failure. It then moves onto the consequences of the condition, covering metabolic and nutritional effects, as well as deficiency states. Management strategies, including dietary modifications, and medications are then provided, with a particularly interesting chapter on trophic agents such as growth hormone, GLP-2 and glutamine. These novel agents have demonstrated promising results in clinical trials, and are likely to contribute significantly to the future management of patients. Enteral feeding options as well as parenteral nutrition are well covered. Surgical options for intestinal failure, including intestinal transplantation, are then discussed. The final chapters are concerned with quality of life, the patient's perspective of the condition and its management, as well as advice on the establishment of an intestinal rehabilitation program. The book is appropriately illustrated, and the structure of the chapters makes it easy to find specific information. This is likely to appeal to students and busy health professionals.
Assessment: Health professionals working in the field will find this valuable book extremely useful. The authority of the authors and the style of their presentations are likely to appeal to a fairly wide audience. The topics covered in the book not only provide important practical information, but are also likely to stimulate further research in this field.

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