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Access for parenteral nutrition is generally obtained by placement of a central ve n o u s catheter. Cannulation of the subclavian, internal jugular, or femoral veins with advancement of the catheter tip into the superior or inferior vena cava ach i eves central venous access. Catheter tip placement elsewhere than the vena cava is considered peripheral access. Based on catheter tip location, th...

3 Maria I. Maraki 1 and Labros S. Sidossis 1,2 4 5 6 Laboratory of Nutrition & Clinical Dietetics, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, 7 Harokopio University, Athens, Greece. 8 Metabolism Unit, Shriners Hospital for Children, Departments of Internal Medicine 9 and Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas, USA. 10 11 12 Running title: Mediterranean lifestyle and lipemia...

CONTEXT Coaches, athletic trainers (ATs), strength and conditioning specialists (SCSs), and registered dietitians are common nutrition resources for athletes, but coaches, ATs, and SCSs might offer only limited nutrition information. Little research exists about sports nutrition knowledge and current available resources for nutrition information for athletes, coaches, ATs, and SCSs. OBJECTIVE...

After World War II, Japan has imported food from other countries to solve malnutrition, and then dietitians provided nutrition education to people for effective food utilization. Flour and skimmed milk imported from the United State were distributed to the school lunch program. Dietitians were trained to encourage the people to adapt western style dietary habits. The western style dietary habit...

Written by the country 's foremost authority on nutrition in collaboration with his daughter, this book presents the principles of nutrition in a clear, simple way for those who have no special training in chemistry or biology. The revision brings all the material up to date and includes the standards recently adopted by the National Nutrition Committee. "Probably the most complete and simply w...

BACKGROUND Reticuloendothelial system function is impaired in humans receiving lipid regimens. AIMS To evaluate the effects of long term administration of long chain triglyceride emulsions on reticuloendothelial system function. METHODS Splenic function and tuftsin activity were measured in 20 patients on intravenous nutrition for intestinal failure, 20 patients with Crohn's disease who wer...

R. S. DIAS , S. LOPEZ *, T. SILVA , R. M. P. PARDO , J. C. SILVA FILHO , D. M. S. S. VITTI 2, E. KEBREAB 6 AND J. FRANCE 1 1Centre for Nutrition Modelling, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada Animal Nutrition Laboratory, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Caixa Postal 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil 3 Instituto de Ganaderı́a...

INTRODUCTION Semi-solid nutrition with high viscosity has the advantage of reducing gastroesophageal reflux and diarrhea and shortens the duration of administration compared with liquid nutrition. This is the first report describing the administration of semi-solid nutrition with high viscosity via a nasogastric tube, which achieved a remarkable improvement in the patient's nutritional state. ...