Advanced Clinical Nutrition | Nutrition in the Stages of Life and Geriatrics

Clinical Nutrition · Clinical Specialties

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A comprehensive medical-scientific treatise on the molecular mechanisms and cellular metabolic adaptations that govern human nutritional status. It ranges from the intricate placental exchanges and embryonic metabolic programming, to the cellular pathophysiology of anabolic resistance, dynapenia, biological senescence and highly complex enteral interventions in...

What it covers

1. Pregnancy Physiology and Maternal Metabolic Adaptation
2. · Dynamics of Cardiac Output, Plasma Expansion and Renal Readjustment
3. Nutritional Requirements in Pregnancy and Micronutritional Supplementation
4. · Stepped Energy and Protein Requirements
5. Gestational Diabetes and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
6. · Pathophysiology of Gestational Diabetes and the Pedersen Hypothesis
7. Breastfeeding: Biochemistry of Milk and Physiology of Lactation
8. · Physiology of Lactogenesis and Neuroendocrine Regulation
9. Infant Formulas and Nutrition in the Low Weight/Premature Neonate
10. · Types of Infant Formulas and Biotechnological Modifications
11. Complementary Feeding (Baby-Led Weaning vs. Traditional) and Neurodevelopment
12. · Neurodevelopment Milestones Prerequisites for a Safe Start
13. Pediatrics: Nutrition in Early Childhood and School Age
14. · Anthropometric Monitoring according to WHO Standards
15. Eating Disorders (ED) and Requirements of Adolescence
16. · Bone Mineral Accretion and Peak Bone Mass
17. Basal Energy Expenditure and Body Composition in Adulthood
18. · Components of Total Energy Expenditure (GET)
19. Prevention of Metabolic Syndrome and Nutrition in Chronic Diseases
20. · Harmonized Consensus Diagnostic Criteria (NCEP-ATPIII / IDF)
21. Nutrition and Metabolism in High Performance Sports
22. · Dynamics of the Use of Energy Substrates according to Intensity (VO₂ Max)
23. Biology of Aging and Gastrointestinal Aging
24. · The Molecular Pillars of Human Aging
25. Sarcopenia and Dynapenia: Molecular Physiopathology and Nutrient Prescription
26. · Conceptual Differentiation: Sarcopenia vs. Dynapenia
27. Malnutrition in the Elderly: Clinical Screening and GLIM Criteria
28. · Systematics of Geriatric Malnutrition Screening
29. Fragility, Falls and Senile Osteoporosis Syndrome
30. · Fried's Frailty Phenotype
31. Cognitive Impairment, Dementia and Pathophysiology of Sarcopenic Dysphagia
32. · Pathophysiology of Nutritional Decline in Alzheimer's Disease
33. Geriatric Enteral and Parenteral Support
34. · Clinical Indications and Access Selection Criteria
35. Pressure Ulcers (PU) and Healing of Complex Wounds
36. · Pathophysiology of Tissue Damage due to Pressure and Hypoxia
37. Polypharmacy and Drug-Nutrient Interactions of High Clinical Relevance
38. · Interactions in Gastrointestinal Absorption
39. Bioethics, Palliative Nutritional Support and End of Life
40. · The Principles of Medical Bioethics Applied to Artificial Support