Nutrition and the Surgical Patient

Tom Jaksic, M.D., Ph.D., is professor of surgery, Harvard Medical School and Surgical Staff, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA. Biren P. Modi, M.D., is assistant in surgery, Children's Hospital Boston, MA. Charles Van Way III, M.D., is professor of surgery and director, Shock Trauma Research Center, University of Missouri, Kansas City.

Introduction from Editors. General Concepts. The metabolic response to surgery. Adult and Pediatric Nutritional Assessment. Macronutrient Requirements. Micronutrient Requirements: Trace Minerals and Vitamins. Electrolyte management as part of nutrition. Nutritional Therapy. Concepts in Enteral Therapy. Enteral Access. Concepts in Parenteral Therapy. Vascular Access. Impact of Nutrition on Surgical Outcomes. Organization of a Nutritional Support Team. Home Nutritional Therapy. Management of nutrition therapy in electronic hospital records. Nutrition in Specific Surgical Disease States (Adult and Pediatric for most). Morbid Obesity. Cardiothoracic Surgery. Oncology. Critical Care. Liver Failure. Renal Failure. Pancreatic Disease and Insufficiency. Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The Geriatric Patient. Short Bowel, Intestinal insufficiency and Enterocutaneous Fistulas. Nutrition in the Pediatric Surgical Patient. Premature and Newborn Infants. Intestinal Failure. Intestinal Failure Associated Liver Disease.