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European Parenteral and Enteral National Societies support ESPEN in the form of block members, e.g. the British, [4] German, [5] French, [6] and Austrian societies. [7] Under the umbrella of ESPEN, many ongoing projects are supported by its members, such as NutritionDay, [8] Home Artificial Nutrition, and Fight Against Malnutrition. [9]
Parenteral nutrition is used to prevent malnutrition in patients who are unable to obtain adequate nutrients by oral or enteral routes. [7] The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition recommends waiting until the seventh day of hospital care. [8]
The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) is a US-based professional organization. Its members include dieticians, nurses, pharmacists, physicians and scientists who are involved in providing clinical nutrition to patients. [5] ASPEN was founded on June 5, 1975. [6] It was officially incorporated on November 30, 1976. [7]
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.
Anker has participated in and chaired several consensus meeting and guidelines committees: Chair, ESPEN Guidelines on Parenteral Nutrition: on cardiology and pneumology. (Anker et al., Clin Nutr 2009) Co-chair, Consensus Group “The definition of Cachexia” (Evans et al., Clinical Nutrition 2008) [21]
The professional requirements of dietary managers vary across countries and employment settings, but usually include some formal (postsecondary) education and/or on-the-job experience in nutrition care and therapy, management of foodservice operations, human resource management, and sanitation and food safety. [2]
Nutrition in Clinical Practice is a peer-reviewed medical journal that covers the scientific basis and clinical application of nutrition and nutrition support research. The journal was established in 1986 with Philip Schneider as the founding editor. [ 1 ]
The Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) is a system of nutrition recommendations from the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) [a] of the National Academies (United States). [1] It was introduced in 1997 in order to broaden the existing guidelines known as Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs, see below).