384 Pages
49 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
384 Pages
by
CRC Press
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With mounting evidence regarding the role of poor nutrition in the development of chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes, it is no secret that appropriate nutrition is crucial to optimal health. Achieving the correct balance of elements provides the body with the ability to adapt to a shifting and often hazardous environment. Never is this capability more important than when a wound... Read more
Overview of Nutrition and Wound Healing, J. A. Molnar
Carbohydrates and Wound Healing, C. Ireton-Jones and G. U. Liepa
Fat and Wound Healing, J. J. Turek
Protein and Wound Healing, M. L. Dylewski and Y.-M. Yu
Glutamine and Wound Healing, M. B. Schoemann, C. D. Bechtold, S. Agrawal, and C. W. Lentz
Arginine and Wound Healing, V. Ahuja, M. Rizk, and A. Barbul
Water-Soluble B Vitamins and Wound Healing, G. U. Liepa, C. Ireton-Jones, H. Basu, and C. R. Baxter
Vitamin C and Wound Healing, H. Tanaka and J. A. Molnar
Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Wound Healing, M. M. Gottschlich
Trace Elements and Wound Healing, T. G. Baumgartner
Nutrition and Wound Healing in Burns, Trauma, and Sepsis, C. A. Watters, E. E. Tredget, and C. Cooper
Nutrition and Wound Healing in Cancer, P. Shen and S. Martin
Nutrition and Wound Healing at the Age Extremes, H. G. Piper, P. Javid, and T. Jaksic
Pharmacological Manipulation of the Healing Wound: The Role of Hormones, R. H. Demling
Index
Carbohydrates and Wound Healing, C. Ireton-Jones and G. U. Liepa
Fat and Wound Healing, J. J. Turek
Protein and Wound Healing, M. L. Dylewski and Y.-M. Yu
Glutamine and Wound Healing, M. B. Schoemann, C. D. Bechtold, S. Agrawal, and C. W. Lentz
Arginine and Wound Healing, V. Ahuja, M. Rizk, and A. Barbul
Water-Soluble B Vitamins and Wound Healing, G. U. Liepa, C. Ireton-Jones, H. Basu, and C. R. Baxter
Vitamin C and Wound Healing, H. Tanaka and J. A. Molnar
Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Wound Healing, M. M. Gottschlich
Trace Elements and Wound Healing, T. G. Baumgartner
Nutrition and Wound Healing in Burns, Trauma, and Sepsis, C. A. Watters, E. E. Tredget, and C. Cooper
Nutrition and Wound Healing in Cancer, P. Shen and S. Martin
Nutrition and Wound Healing at the Age Extremes, H. G. Piper, P. Javid, and T. Jaksic
Pharmacological Manipulation of the Healing Wound: The Role of Hormones, R. H. Demling
Index
Biography
Joseph A. Molnar MD PhD FACS
… this book gives doctors the information and insight they need in order to help patients reach a point where they can promote the healing of their own bodies through a smart combination of diet and medication …Recommended as an in-office reference for dermatologists and internists who treat patients with wound-injuries. In addition, this volume would prove invaluable to dieticians and nurse practitioners who engage in frontline patient care. Finally, recommended to all nutritional researchers for its up-to-date analysis of the effects of nutritional compounds on the human body."
-John Aiello, on The Electric Review, http://www.electricrev.net
