The Essential Pocket Guide for Clinical Nutrition: .

The Essential Pocket Guide for Clinical Nutrition: .

<DIV>Now featuring a fresh new design, the latest guidelines, the most recent information on disease and nutritional conditions, and all-new online resources, this affordable 2nd Edition of <B>The Essential Pocket Guide for Clinical Nutrition</B> is a quick-access resource ideal for dietitians, students, interns, and other health professionals who are actively engaged in clinical nutrition.<BR /><BR />Pocket-sized and spiral bound for ease of use, this essential quick-reference resource offers immediate, need-to-know information on nutritional assessment, life stage assessment, and nutrition support, as well as nutrition considerations for specific diseases/conditions—bariatric surgery, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, gastrointestinal diseases, liver and pancreatic diseases, renal diseases, and pulmonary diseases.<ul><li><B>New ADIME-at-a-Glance boxes</B> added to each chapter include sample ADIME notes and PES statements.</li><li><B>Journal Access: A <I>Nutrition Today</I> trial subscription</B> is available with the purchase of a new book.</li><li><B>24/7 flexible access</B> to all book content is available online at thePoint.com or via the VST eBook that accompanies the 2nd Edition.</li><li><B>Each chapter’s uniform format</B> includes sections on disease process, treatment and nutritional intervention, and patient education.</li><li><B>A new chapter on Bariatric Surgery</B> provides the latest evidence-based information.</li><li><B>A fresh new design</B> facilitates quick reference and table identification.</li><li><B>An expanded “Nutrition-Focused Physical Exam” section</B> in the Assessment chapter covers the latest best practices.</li><li><B>The latest nutritional guidelines</B> are included, including new Malnutrition Guidelines, updated Pregnancy Guidelines on weight gain, updated Cardiovascular Disease Guidelines, and updated Diabetes Guidelines.</li><li><B>The Nestlé Mini Assessment</B> ( <B>MNA®</B> ), a validated screening tool that can identify geriatric patients age 65 and above who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition, now appears in the Older Adult chapter.</li><li><B>Quick Reference Tables</B> in each chapter make essential information easy to locate.</li><li><B>Useful</B> Appendices</B> include food-drug interactions, laboratory assessment, new tables on essential minerals, dietary supplements, and the Dietary Reference Intakes, and reference materials.</li></ul></DIV>