Clinical Nutrition

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Credits 0 to 10. 0 to 10 Other Hours. Introduction to clinical malnutrition in the adult patient with emphasis on the clinical syndromes of kwashiorkor and marasmus; understanding of alterations in nutrition which occur as a result of adult illnesses including the clinical recognition and management of resulting disorders of nutrition; familiarity of the proper evaluation and utilization of specific lab tests in the diagnosis of malnutrition in the hospitalized adult patient; familiarity of the indications and usage of enteral nutrition in the support of the hospitalized adult patient; familiarity of the utilization of peripheral protein sparing alimentation in the adult hospitalized patient; familiarity of proper utilization of central alimentation (Total Parenteral Nutrition) in the hospitalized adult patient.