UID:
almafu_9959328231502883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiv, 178 pages)
ISBN:
9780470774816
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0470774819
,
1405150009
,
9781405150002
,
1280237848
,
9781280237843
,
9781405111201
,
1405111208
Inhalt:
Stroke is a common and devastating affliction, which often results in death or major loss of independence. This text discusses the new research which suggests that environmental factors, including diet may be important in the genesis of stroke and in the potential to prevent its occurrence.
Anmerkung:
Sect. I. Nutrition and ageing. 1. The challenge of stroke -- 2. Ageing changes relevant to nutrition in elderly people -- 3. Macro- and micronutrients in elderly people -- 4. Diagnosing protein-energy undernutrition (PEU) in elderly people -- Sect. II. Nutritional factors and risk of stroke. 5. The role of dietary and nutritional factors in stroke prevention -- 6. Antioxidants and risk of ischaemic stroke -- 7. Homocysteine and stroke -- 8. Endothelial dysfunction in stroke disease: potential role of dietary factors -- Sect. III. Nutrition factors following stroke. 9. Cerebral ischaemia, reperfusion and oxidative damage in ischaemic stroke -- 10. Protein-energy undernutrition after stroke -- 11. Nutritional status of special stroke groups: patients with urinary incontinence and swallowing difficulties -- 12. Undernutrition after acute stroke: when does it matter? -- 13. Nutritional support of elderly stroke patients -- 14. Nutritional status in the community -- 15. Future directions and recommendations.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Gariballa, Salah. Nutrition and stroke. Ames, IA : Blackwell Pub., 2004 ISBN 1405111208
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781405111201
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470774816
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470774816
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470774816
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470774816
