Nutrition in Cystic Fibrosis A Guide for Clinicians
This comprehensive text fulfills an unmet need for practitioners who treat patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) by providing data-driven advice concerning the implementation of nutritional interventions to CF patients from infancy to adulthood. Nutritional
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Elizabeth H. Yen Amanda Radmer Leonard Editors
Nutrition in Cystic Fibrosis A Guide for Clinicians
Nutrition and Health Adrianne Bendich, Ph.D., FASN, FACN, Series Editor
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Elizabeth H. Yen • Amanda Radmer Leonard Editors
Nutrition in Cystic Fibrosis A Guide for Clinicians
Editors Elizabeth H. Yen, M.D. Department of Pediatrics Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition University of California San Francisco, CA, USA
Amanda Radmer Leonard, M.P.H., R.D., L.D., C.D.E. The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Department of Pediatrics Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition Baltimore, MD, USA
Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco, CA, USA
Nutrition and Health ISBN 978-3-319-16386-4 ISBN 978-3-319-16387-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16387-1
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“We dedicate this book to all patients and families of patients with cystic fibrosis. Their dedication to their care and to the advancement of medicine and science in the field is exemplary and humbling.”
Preface
Over the past half-century, advances in the treatment of cystic fibrosis have resulted in remarkable improvements in patients’ quality of life and longevity. Nutritional therapies were key early interventions, and remain central to the well-being and survival of patients with cystic fibrosis. The nature of the disease causes significant alterations in a patient’s ability to process and assimilate nutrients. Furthermore, many factors contribute to higher metabolic demands throughout a patient’s life. In combination, maldigestion, malabsorption, and increased metabol
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