Pediatric nutrition support / [edited by] Susan S. Baker, Robert D. Baker, Anne M. Davis. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2007. - xv, 612 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An overview of growth standards and indicators and their interpretation -- Gastrointestinal development -- Mucosal immunity -- Long term consequences of early nutrition -- Anthropometric evaluation -- Energy metabolism and appropriate energy repletion in children -- Laboratory assessment -- Dietary reference intakes in pediatric care -- Decision making in pediatric nutrition support -- What is pediatric nutrition support? -- Appetite regulation in health and disease -- Feeding and swallowing issues relevant to pediatric nutrition support -- Dietary supplements -- Drug-nutrient interactions: considerations for nutrition support -- Regulatory aspects of infant formulas and medical foods in the United States -- Physiological effects of parenteral nutrition -- Ethical and quality of life issues -- Economics of nutrition support -- Home nutrition support -- Enteral nutrition tube feedings -- Transitional and combination feeding -- Parenteral nutrition indications, administration, and monitoring -- Parenteral fluids and electrolytes -- Macronutrients -- Minerals, trace elements and vitamins, enteral and parenteral -- Central venous catheters in parenteral nutrition -- Pharmacy considerations in pediatric parenteral nutrition -- Nutrition support for children with developmental disabilities -- Nutrition support for pediatric burns and critical care -- Nutrition support of the premature infant -- Nutrition support for inflammatory bowel disease -- Nutrition support for renal disease -- Enteral and parenteral nutrition therapy in inherited metabolic disease -- Oncology and stem cell transplantation -- Nutrition support for cystic fibrosis -- Nutrition support in children with liver disease -- Short bowel.

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Artificial feeding of children--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Nutritional Support.
Child Nutrition.
Infant Nutrition.

RJ53.A78 / .B43 2007

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