Contents:

Session I Physiological Aspects of Nutrition.- Energy requirement.- Trace element nutrition.- Vitamin D: apparent nutrient, hormone and therapeutic agent.- The implications of the membrane localization of vitamin E for its function, uptake and absorption.- Therapeutic effects of linoleic acid.- Protein and amino acids.- Carbohydrates as nutrients.- The requirements for water and salt.- Discussion.- Session II Synthetic Diets.- Synthetic diets in paediatrics.- Synthetic diet in internal medicine.- Ammonia formation in the gut and its importance in low protein diets.- The use of chemically defined elementary diets in surgery.- Synthetic diets in the treatment of inborn errors of metabolism.- Discussion.- Session III Parenteral Nutrition.- General aspects of parenteral nutrition.- Parenteral nutrition in paediatric surgery.- Parenteral nutrition in low birth weight babies.- Parenteral nutrition in low-birth weight infants.- Long-term parenteral nutrition in children.- Supplementary parenteral nutrition in internal medicine. Its effect on caloric and nitrogen balance.- Discussion.- Index of subjects.