Clinical Paediatric Dietetics covers diseases of all the major organ systems, inherited metabolic disorders, their dietetic management and associated nutrition support.

Clinical Paediatric Dietetics contains a dedicated chapter on the important issues of allergy prevention, autistic spectrum disorders and nutrition in the child in the intensive care unit.

Includes:

• Current trends
• Healthy eating issues
• Treatment of childhood nutritonal problems in the community
• Obesity
• Faltering growth
• Feeding children with neurodisabilities

Contents

Principles of Paediatric Dietetics

1. Nutritional Assessment, Dietary Requirements, Feed Supplementation
2. Provision of Nutrition in a Hospital Setting

Nutrition Support and Intensive Care

3. Enteral Nutrition
4. Parenteral Nutrition
5. Nutrition in Critically Ill Children

Clinical Dietetics

6. Preterm Infants
7. Gastroenterology
8. Surgery in the Gastrointestinal Tract

Short Bowel Syndrome

9. The Liver and Pancreas
10. Diabetes Mellitus
11. Cystic Fibrosis
12. The Kidney
13. The Cardiothoracic System
14. Food Hypersensitivity
15. Immunodeficiency Syndromes,
16. Ketogenic Diets
17. Disorders of Amino Acid Metabolism
18. Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism
19. Disorders of Fatty Acid Oxidation and Ketogenesis
20. Lipid Disorders
21. Peroxisomal Disorders Refsum's Disease
22. Childhood Cancers
23. Eating Disorders
24. Epidermolysis Bullosa
25. Burns
26. Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Community Nutrition

27. Healthy Eating
28. Children from Ethnic Groups and those following Cultural Diets
29. Faltering Growth
30. Feeding Children with Neurodisabilities
31. Obesity
32. Prevention of Food Allergy

Index

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