Nutritional Management of the Surgical Patient

Manage patient diet and nutrition with this comprehensive guide

Nutritional  Management of the Surgical Patient provides the first comprehensive  evidence-based overview of the nutritional and dietary therapies for  surgical patients. It takes clinicians through every stage of surgery,  from pre-operative and immediate post-operative care, through to long  term recovery and survivorship. This book describes the impact of  surgical procedures and their complications and the effect these have on  nutritional status as well as the nutritional strategies utilised to  manage patients in these settings. The result is a valuable survey of  this essential aspect of surgery.

Nutritional Management of the  Surgical Patient features case studies which capture both typical  patients and the more unusual cases to help clinicians understand the  impact of nutrition in both circumstances. The textbook also details a  range of surgical procedures to support underpinning knowledge of the  mechanism behind nutritional intervention.

Readers will also find:
Consideration  in each chapter of both short- and long-term nutritional  managementDiscussion of potential long-term complications such as small  intestinal bacterial overgrowth, bile acid diarrhoea, micronutrient  deficiencies and osteoporosisQuestions to support consolidation of  knowledge and promote understanding in clinical context
Nutritional  Management of the Surgical Patient is a must-have for surgeons, surgical  dietitians, trainees and all healthcare professionals involved in the  care of surgical patients.