Search for dissertations about: "nutritional therapy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 swedish dissertations containing the words nutritional therapy.

  2. 1. Oral nutritional supplements within the nutrition therapy : Prescription and adherence from a dietetic practice perspective

    Author : Evelina Liljeberg; Margaretha Nydahl; Agneta Andersson; Clare Corish; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; oral nutritional supplements; dietitian; prescription; adherence; dietetic practice; nutrition therapy; malnutrition; Kostvetenskap; Food; Nutrition and Dietetics;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to increase knowledge and deepen understanding on prescription of and adherence to oral nutritional supplements (ONS). In Paper I, the reporting quality of interventions with ONS in publications of randomised controlled trials was explored. READ MORE

  4. 2. Disease-related malnutrition: Energy balance, body composition and functional capacity in patients on oral nutritional support after major upper gastrointestinal surgery

    Author : Lotta Copland; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; energy balance; body composition; functional capacity; nutritional therapy; surgery;

    Abstract : Background: Patients with cancer of the upper gastrointestinal tract are susceptible to malnutrition. Surgery is the only curative treatment although the procedure may negatively impact nutritional status. READ MORE

  5. 3. Neutrophils versus Pathogenic Fungi : through the magnifying glass of nutritional immunity

    Author : Maria Joanna Niemiec; Constantin F. Urban; Bernhard Hube; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; neutrophils; Candida albicans; nutritional immunity; metallome; Zn; Fe;

    Abstract : Neutrophils are among the first white blood cells recruited to the site of infection once microbial pathogens enter the host organism. At site, they perform a well-orchestrated chain of processes that aims to kill the microbial invader. Most prominent, neutrophils engulf microbes to inactivate them intracellularly, a process called phagocytosis. READ MORE

  6. 4. Therapeutic aspects of oral and pharyngeal swallowing dysfunction. Videoradiographic and videomanometric analyses of adult healthy volunteers and dysphagic patients

    Author : Margareta Bülow; Malmö Diagnostisk radiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; medical instrumentation; tomography; radiology; Clinical physics; Therapy; Videoradiography; Videomanometry; Dysphagia; Dysfunction; Swallowing; Klinisk fysiologi; radiologi; tomografi; medicinsk instrumentering;

    Abstract : In this study simultaneous videoradiography and intraluminal manometry (videomanometry) have been used in combination in three studies to analyze how different therapeutic strategies affect the physiology of swallowing in healthy volunteers and in patients with pharyngeal dysfunction. Analyses of healthy volunteers showed few significant measurable effects on the pharyngeal swallow. READ MORE

  7. 5. Nutritional consequences in children undergoing chemotherapy for malignant disease

    Author : Inger Skolin; Yigael Finkel; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : paediatric oncology; chemotherapy; food intake; taste alteration;

    Abstract : Background: Chemotherapy has side effects that may interfere with food intake. Children suffering from a malignant disease are subjected to treatment with chemotherapy. They may therefore become at risk of undernutrition during the period of treatment. READ MORE