Academic Press The Practical Handbook of Perioperative Metabolic and Nutritional Care

The Practical Handbook of Perioperative Metabolic and Nutritional Care focuses on topics ranging from the history of surgery and metabolism, to the organic response to stress. Based on clinical processes, the author explores screening, assessment and the impact of nutritional status on outcomes, in addition to investigating nutritional requirements, including macronutrients and micronutrients. Chapters examine wound healing and metabolic and nutritional surgical preconditioning, including coverage of preoperative counseling, preoperative nutrition and preoperative fasting. In addition, physical exercise is addressed, as is nutritional therapy in the form of oral supplements, and enteral and parenteral approaches. Additional topics explored include nutrition therapy complications and immunomodulatory nutrients, pro, pre and symbiotics, postoperative oral, enteral and parenteral nutrition, enteral access, vascular access, fluid therapy, and more. Review "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 Review In-depth exploration of preoperative metabolic and nutritional preparation for surgery, along with the processes for intra and postoperatively assessing the variables to ensure patients' progress and to influence both outcomes and cost. About the Author 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.