Nutritional Rehabilitation : Practical Guidelines for Refeeding the Anorectic Patient
Joint Authors
Andersen, Debbie M.
Mehler, Philip S.
Winkelman, Amy B.
Gaudiani, Jennifer L.
Source
Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-02-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Weight restoration is crucial for successful treatment of anorexia nervosa.
Without it, patients may face serious or even fatal medical complications of severe starvation.
However, the process of nutritional rehabilitation can also be risky to the patient.
The refeeding syndrome, a problem of electrolyte and fluid shifts, can cause permanent disability or even death.
It is essential to identify at-risk patients, to monitor them carefully, and to initiate a nutritional rehabilitation program that aims to avoid the refeeding syndrome.
A judicious, slow initiation of caloric intake, requires daily management to respond to entities such as liver inflammation and hypoglycemia that can complicate the body's conversion from a catabolic to an anabolic state.
In addition, nutritional rehabilitation should take into account clinical characteristics unique to these patients, such as gastroparesis and slowed colonic transit, so that measures can be taken to ameliorate the physical discomforts of weight restoration.
Adjunct methods of refeeding such as the use of enteral or parenteral nutrition may play a small but important role in a select patient group who cannot tolerate oral nutritional rehabilitation alone.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mehler, Philip S.& Winkelman, Amy B.& Andersen, Debbie M.& Gaudiani, Jennifer L.. 2010. Nutritional Rehabilitation : Practical Guidelines for Refeeding the Anorectic Patient. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mehler, Philip S.…[et al.]. Nutritional Rehabilitation : Practical Guidelines for Refeeding the Anorectic Patient. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Mehler, Philip S.& Winkelman, Amy B.& Andersen, Debbie M.& Gaudiani, Jennifer L.. Nutritional Rehabilitation : Practical Guidelines for Refeeding the Anorectic Patient. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-486157
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-486157