Pediatric Nutrition Handbook: An Algorithmic Approach - Softcover

 
9780470659953: Pediatric Nutrition Handbook: An Algorithmic Approach
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0470659955 ISBN 13: 9780470659953
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

Synopsis

The last decade has seen an explosion of medical information in regards to the nutrition care and management of children. While nutritional therapies have expanded, the treatment choices have become increasingly complex.
This exciting title addresses the extensive amount of information available to practitioners in a concise, accessible fashion via a series of algorithms. It focuses on the normal growing healthy child from birth through adolescence, covering common pediatric diseases and disorders through a series of flows charts which outline step-by-step nutritional processes for pediatric patients. The highly visual format of the book allows the practitioner to make rapid, evidence based choices.

Features:

  • Unique algorithm approach to the largest dietetic specialism
  • Highly visual approach allows quick decision making
  • All algorithms and text built on evidence-based research
  • Covers the pediatric phase from birth to adolescence
  • Includes common childhood diseases and disorders

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About the Author

David L. Suskind, MD is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital.

Polly Lenssen, MS, RD, CD, FADA is Director of Clinical Nutrition at Seattle Children's Hospital.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0470659955
ISBN 13 
9780470659953
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
180
Editor
Suskind David, Lenssen Polly