This 2001 textbook is a source of information for the formation of a clinical nutrition support service of excellence.

Preface; Foreword; List of contributors; 1. Metabolic response to starvation, injury and sepsis M. Elia; 2. Protein and amino acid metabolism in the whole body and in the tissues M. J. Rennie and D. J. R. Cuthbertson; 3. Energy metabolism J. Webber and I. A. Macdonald; 4. The liver and nutrient metabolism R. A. Sherwood; 5. Cytokines and nutrition R. F. Grimble; 6. Physiology of nutrient absorption and patterns of intestinal metabolism G. K. Grimble; 7. The immune system and nutrition support K. Bodger and R. V. Heatley; 8. Malnutrition and hospitalized patients C. Pennington; 9. Nutrition assessment A. Sitges-Serra and G. Franch-Arcas; 10. Adult macronutrient requirements H. P. Sauerwein and J. A. Romijn; 11. Adult micronutrient requirements A. Shenkin; 12. Paediatric nutrition requirements P. J. Milla; 13. Nutrition, appetite control and disease A. Ballinger and M. Clark; 14. The role of a nutrition support team R. Burnham and S. Barton; 15. Hospital food as treatment S. Allison; 16. Oral diet administration and supplementation Ib Hessov; 17. Enteral nutrition: tubes and techniques of delivery J. Payne-Jones; 18. Enteral diets: clinical uses and formulation D. B. A. Silk; 19. Complications of enteral nutrition J. Payne-Jones; 20. Paediatric enteral nutrition A. Macdonald, C. Holden and T. Johnson; 21. Home enteral tube feeding A. Micklewright and V. E. Todorovic; 22. Venous access for parenteral nutrition D. Palmer and J. MacFie; 23. Parenteral nutrition substrates P. Fürst, K. S. Kuhn and P. Stehle; 24. Parenteral nutrition formulation M. C. Allwood; 25. Metabolic complications of parenteral nutrition A. Thorell and J. Nordenström; 26. Paediatric parenteral nutrition J. W. L. Puntis; 27. Home parenteral nutrition B. J. M. Jones; 28. Nutrition and liver disease C. Wicks; 29. Nutrition support in trauma and sepsis J. Takala, R. Suojaranta-Ylinen and O. Pitkänen; 30. Nutrition support in renal disease G. Brunori; 31. Nutrition support in respiratory dieases T. W. Felbinger, U. Suchner, K. Peter and J. Askanazi; 32. Nutrition and inflammatory bowel disease M. A. Gaussul and F. Fernández-Bañares; 33. Nutrition support during the acute care of moderately or severely burned patients J. J. Cunningham, K. Prelack, R. Sheridan and J. P. Remensnyder; 34. Nutrition support for the intensive care unit J. Wernerman; 35. Nutrition support for the surgical patient K. W. E. Hulsewé, M. F. von Meyenfeldt and P. B. Soeters; 36. Nutrition support in human immunodeficiency virus infection D. C. Macallan, J. Cotton and G. E. Griffin; 37. Nutrition support in patients with cancer F. Bozzetti; 38. Nutrition support in the elderly D. G. Smithard, G. Blandford and G. K. Grimble; 39. Management of patients with a short bowel J. M. D. Nightingale and J. Lennard-Jones; 40. Nutrition support for pancreatitis S. A. McClave and D. A. Spain; 41. The cost-effectiveness of nutrition support C. J. Green; 42. The role of enteral and parenteral nutrition: enteral vs parenteral? S. M. Gabe; Index.