Nutritional Disorders
Follow the links below to find information about nutritional disorders and conditions that can be affected by diet.
Reviewed May 2011
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Links to information about eating disorders such as binge eating, bulimia and anorexia nervosa.
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| Title: | Short bowel syndrome |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Short bowel syndrome occurs when a person is unable to absorb food nutrients properly due to severe disease or surgical removal of a significant proportion of the small intestine. Common causes of short bowel syndrome include Crohn' s disease and necrotising enterocolitis. Symptoms may include abdominal pain, diarrhoea, fluid retention, weight loss and fatigue. |
| Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Title: | Nutrition in dialysis patients |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | The ability of the kidney to get rid of waste products and body fluids is compromised in dialysis patients. Consequently, a healthy balanced diet is extremely important. |
| Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Title: | Nutritional supplementation for older people after hip fracture |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Older people with hip fractures are often malnourished at the time of their fracture and many have poor food intake while in hospital. Malnutrition may hinder recovery after hip fracture. We reviewed the effects of nutritional interventions in older peo... |
| Date: | Mar 2009 |
| Title: | Cachexia |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Cachexia means 'poor condition' in Greek. Cachexia has been defined as a syndrome characterised by progressive loss of lean tissue and body fat. Losses are often in excess to that explained by the associated anorexia. Cachexia oc |
| Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Title: | Nutritional support for patients who have had a bone marrow transplant |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Bone marrow transplant patients can experience prolonged poor appetite with vomiting and diarrhoea. Malnutrition is a consequence. To prevent this, patients can receive nutritious fluids orally or via a nasogastric tube, or intravenously as parenteral n... |
| Date: | Apr 2008 |
| Title: | Good nutrition for good surgery (Comment for consumers) |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | Having an operation puts a lot of demand on patients' bodies. They need to be well nourished if they are going to make a good recovery. |
| Date: | Dec 2003 |
| Title: | Good nutrition for good surgery: clinical and quality of life outcomes |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | Undernutrition is common in patients admitted for surgery and is often unrecognised, untreated and worsens in hospital. The physiological and psychosocial stresses of surgery increase the risk of poor nutritional status, which is clearly linked to poorer outcomes. |
| Date: | Dec 2003 |
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