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Nutrition and traumatic brain injury : improving acute and subacute health outcomes in military personnel /

Military personnel, especially those in combat zones, face a distinct risk of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The injuries can range from mild to severe, and their effects can appear within minutes or hours, or sometimes weeks or even years later. Although estimates of incidence and prevalence are elu...

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Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain
Other Authors: Erdman, John (Editor), Oria, Maria (Editor), Pillsbury, Laura, 1984- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Brain damage > Alternative treatment.
Brain > Wounds and injuries > Nutritional aspects.
Medicine, Military > United States.
Brain > Wounds and injuries > Patients > Rehabilitation.
Nutrition.
Diet therapy.
Brain Injuries > therapy
Nutrition Therapy
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Diet Therapy
Military Personnel
United States
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780309210096
0309210097
1283135116
9781283135115
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Summary
  • Part I. Background
  • Introduction
  • Nutrition in Clinical Practice Guidelines for Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Understanding Pathophysiological Changes
  • Part II. Nutrition and TBI
  • Approach for Selecting Nutritional Interventions: Mechanistic Targets
  • Acquiring Resilience to TBI Prior to Injury
  • Energy and Protein Needs During Early Feeding Following Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Antioxidants
  • Branched-Chain Amino Acids
  • Choline
  • Creatine
  • Ketogenic Diet
  • Magnesium
  • Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) and Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)
  • Polyphenols
  • Vitamin D
  • Zinc
  • Part III. Recommendations
  • Summary of Recommendations
  • Appendixes. Appendix A : Agenda
  • Appendix B : Evidence-Based Guidelines for Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Appendix C : Workshop Speakers' Papers
  • Appendix D : Glossary
  • Appendix E : Acronyms
  • Appendix F : Committee Member Biographical Sketches.

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