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Clinical nutrition centers on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of nutritional changes in patients linked to chronic diseases and conditions primarily in health care. Clinical in this sense refers to the management of patients, including not only outpatients at clinics and in private practice, but also inpatients in hospitals.
Biocompatibility (biomedical therapy): Ability of a material to perform with an appropriate host response in a specific application. Biocompatibility: Ability to be in contact with a living system without producing an adverse effect. Biocompatibility is related to the behavior of biomaterials in various contexts.
Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP) is a training programme for surgical doctors. The course covers the theoretical basis and practical skills required to manage critically ill surgical patients. It is managed by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The 4th edition, which reduced the duration to 2 days, was released in ...
Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life. It provides organisms with nutrients , which can be metabolized to create energy and chemical structures.
Parenteral nutrition (PN), or intravenous feeding, is the feeding of nutritional products to a person intravenously, [1] bypassing the usual process of eating and digestion. The products are made by pharmaceutical compounding entities or standard pharmaceutical companies. [2][3] The person receives a nutritional mix according to a formula ...
Hepatology – branch of medicine that deals with the liver, gallbladder and the biliary system. Infectious disease (Outline of concepts) – branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and management of infectious disease, especially for complex cases and immunocompromised patients. Internal medicine – involved with adult diseases.
Intravenous therapy (abbreviated as IV therapy) is a medical technique that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person's vein.The intravenous route of administration is commonly used for rehydration or to provide nutrients for those who cannot, or will not—due to reduced mental states or otherwise—consume food or water by mouth.
ICD-9-CM. 43.11. OPS-301 code. sec. [edit on Wikidata] Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is an endoscopic medical procedure in which a tube (PEG tube) is passed into a patient's stomach through the abdominal wall, most commonly to provide a means of feeding when oral intake is not adequate (for example, because of dysphagia or sedation).