Neonatal Nutrition and Metabolism
Contributors: William W. Hay (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 692
ISBN-13: 9780521824552
Subjects: Neonatal medicine; Pediatrics; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Medical / Pediatrics; Infant Nutrition Physiology; Infant, Newborn; Nutritional Requirements; metabolism
First sentence: Fetal nutrients are derived largely from the mother, and fetal nutrition is thus closely related to maternal nutrition.
Description: Neonatal nutrition has a pivotal role in normal child development and is of even greater importance in the sick or premature neonate. This substantially revised and updated new edition includes a comprehensive account of the basic science, metabolism and nutritional requirements of the neonate, and a greatly expanded number of chapters dealing in depth with clinical issues ranging from IUGR, intravenous feeding, nutritional therapies for inborn errors of metabolism, and care of the neonatal surgical patient. Evolving from these scientific and clinical aspects, the volume highlights the important long-term effects of fetal and neonatal growth on health in later life. In addition, there are very practical chapters on methods and techniques for assessing nutritional status, body composition, and evaluating metabolic function.