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Rhoads most important contribution was in the field of nutrition. He began research in surgical nutrition in the 1930s and continued with the collaboration of his surgical residents. [2] Working with his research fellow Stanley Dudrick, by 1964 they had success with TPN in dogs. [3] In 1966 TPN was first successfully used in humans. [4]
Latest edition has published in 2019 as the 11th edition in textbook's 50th anniversary. [1] Publication years, from newest to the oldest editions, are 2019, 2015, 2010, 2005, 1999, 1994, 1989, 1984, 1979, 1974, 1969. [2] It is one of the main textbooks for medical students [according to whom?] [3] and junior surgical residents.
The Kitāb al-Taṣrīf (Arabic: كتاب التصريف لمن عجز عن التأليف, lit. 'The Arrangement of Medical Knowledge for One Who is Not Able to Compile a Book for Himself'), [1] known in English as The Method of Medicine, is a 30-volume Arabic encyclopedia on medicine and surgery, written near the year 1000 by Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis).
David Velázquez Fernández is a Mexican surgeon and researcher attached to the Endocrine Surgery and Advanced Laparoscopy at the Department of Surgery of the Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition and with the Clinic of Nutrition, Obesity and Metabolic Disorders at the ABC Medical Center.
There are textbooks on every medical specialty and they contain comprehensive discussion on all diseases and their diagnosis, therapy and prognosis. The first textbook to utilize experts to write specific chapters within the book was the Cecil Textbook of Medicine edited by Russell Cecil, MD in 1927. The book was an immediate international ...
Bariatric surgery (also known as metabolic surgery or weight loss surgery) is a surgical procedure used to manage obesity and obesity-related conditions. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Long term weight loss with bariatric surgery may be achieved through alteration of gut hormones, physical reduction of stomach size ( stomach reduction surgery ), [ 3 ] reduction ...
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Either the patient has one or more of the following: Body mass index (kg/m2) <16; Unintentional weight loss >15% in the past three to six months; Little or no nutritional intake for >10 days; Low levels of potassium, phosphate, or magnesium before feeding [7] Or the patient has two or more of the following: Body mass index <18.5