Nutritional Care of the Patient with Gastrointestinal Disease

Alan L. Buchman, MD, MSPH, is Visiting Clinical Professor of Surgery and Medical Director at the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Center, University of Illinois at Chicago. He took his undergraduate training at Northwestern University, obtained his medical degree at the Chicago Medical School, and completed a fellowship in clinical nutrition at UCLA and received his MS in public health. He completed his fellowship in gastroenterology at Emory University and has served on the faculties of the Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Northwestern University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has served on 21 peer-reviewed journal editorial boards and has authored nearly 250 peer-reviewed articles, editorials, and book chapters, as well as four books. He has received numerous awards from several societies and has served on numerous national committees. His research focuses on complications and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, the complications of intestinal failure, and long-term parenteral nutrition. He is considered a world authority in nutrition, intestinal failure, and inflammatory bowel disease.

Preface. Editor. Contributors. Nutritional Assessment. Macronutrient Digestion and Absorption. Malabsorption. Food Allergy and Food Intolerance. Prebiotics and Dietary Fiber. Role of the Intestinal Microbiota and Probiotics in Health and Disease. Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Cancer. Nutritional Considerations in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Nutrition and Celiac Disease. Nutrition in IBS. Nutrition in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Nutritional Management of Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis. Enteral Access and Enteral Nutrition. Parenteral Nutrition: Indications, Access, Formula, Monitoring, and Complications. Medical and Endoscopic Therapy of Obesity. Surgical Management of Obesity and Associated Complications. Nutrition Counseling and Nutrition Tidbits. Index.