title: Role of enteral and parenteral nutrition in the patient with gastrointestinal and liver disease.
abstract: This chapter discusses a number of key issues: the importance of nutritional support, both enteral (oral nutritional supplements, enteral tube feeding) and parenteral nutrition in the treatment of the nutritionally compromised patient with gastrointestinal and liver disease; prescribing and monitoring nutritional support; refeeding syndrome; practicalities, indications and contraindications and complications of using enteral and parenteral nutrition; choosing feeds with an optimal nutrient composition for nutritional support, including specific feeds for disease states; the evidence base for using nutritional support in the patient with gastrointestinal and liver disease.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK. rjs@soton.ac.uk
authors.forename: Rebecca J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Stratton
authors.forename: Trevor R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D019587:Dietary Supplements; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005526:Food, Formulated; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition