Clinical nutrition, obstetric, parenteral nutrition, pediatric, sports medicine, women's health, geriatric nutrition, psychiatry

Geriatric nutrition

Obstetric and women's health nutrition

Paediatric nutrition

Psychiatry and mental health

Other risk groups

• Surgical and hospital
• Nutrition support, parenteral nutrition etc.

Pick of the crop Medicine and Surgery Nutrition Assessment Write-Up Guidelines Checklist for assessing nutritional status, as used for Univ.of Pennsylvania clinical nutrition course. A plain text document with references, but practical and thorough. Nutrition & Surgery: review for medical students Good article written by three Brazilian medical students. It outlines the factors which make adequate nutrition so important in relation to surgical conditions (including non operative conditions such as burns). The emphasis is on protein and energy, rather than micronutrients. This is supposed to be the first of two articles, the second of which is to deal with nutrition support.

American Dietetic Association position paper on medical nutrition therapy

Making a case for the cost effectiveness of nutrition intervention in broad terms.

Nutritional Support of Hospitalized Patients: Cyberounds conference

One of series of nutrition related discussion transcripts between from two physicians at Tufts University, available only after registering at the main home page.

Nutritional Assessment of Hospitalized Patients: A Long Overlooked Area of Lab Testing

Plain text article from a laboratory newsletter, provides a useful summary of aetiology and some testing in hospital malnutrition.

Pediatric Surgery Handbook for Residents and Medical Students

Full plain text guidebook for surgical residents, with relevant reference to nutrition issues. Part of colourful Pediatric Surgery Update web site.

 

 

PEN Societies

Pick of the crop American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) One of the best sites - see below for full details.

Australian Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Newsletter and information about office bearers.

British Association for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition

Organisational information, newsletter, publications.

Canadian Parenteral-Enteral Nutrition Association

Information about the Society, meetings, grants, links etc.

European Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ESPEN)

Information about the Society, meetings, grants, education, links and a very useful map-clickable list of individual country PEN Societies within Europe.

Nutrition support: clinical resources

Pick of the crop American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) This totally revised site now has information on meetings around the world, standards and guidelines on parenteral nutrition, clinical quiz of the month, access to a discussion listserv and audio teleconferences, links to other nutrition sites, information on parenteral and enteral nutrition and a self-assessment quiz. It is also the home of the on-line implementation of the journals Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and Nutrition in Clinical Practice.

ADA practice group: Dietitians in Nutrition Support

There is a group within ADA, but access to more information is restricted to members on this site. There are also ADA position statements in relation to various nutrition support issues.

Guidelines for the Use of Enteral Nutrition: American Gastroenterological Association position statement

Long detailed and illustrated position paper approved by the American Gastroenterological Association in 1994.

 

 

National Board of Nutrition Support Certification, Inc.

Credentialling body of ASPEN. This site has information on the exam requirements for various health professionals (physicians, dietitians, nurses), sample questions, candidate handbook and links.

Neonates: Parenteral Nutrition teaching notes

From Ray Duncan, MD, Staff Neonatologist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

Parenteral Support handbooks

Separate training handbooks for physicians, nurses and dietitians available as Acrobat documents on-line.