Search for dissertations about: "enteral nutrition"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words enteral nutrition.

  2. 16. Effects of Total Parenteral Nutrition on the Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreas. An Experimental Study

    Author : Bo-Guang Fan; Lund Kirurgi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; orthopaedics; Surgery; TPN; Parotid glands; Lysosomal enzyme; Insulin; Hypotrophy; Hyperlipidemia; Food passage; Endocrine pancreas; Cholecystokinin; Exocrine pancreas; traumatology; Kirurgi; ortopedi; traumatologi; Gastro-enterology; Gastroenterologi;

    Abstract : During total parenteral nutrition (TPN) adequate nutrition is provided intravenously and the enteral route is bypassed. The integrity of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, however, is dependent on the passage of food through it. This thesis deals with the effects of TPN on the pancreas and the parotid glands. READ MORE

  4. 17. Regulation of digestive organ. An experimental study on the role of CCK, Bile and EGF

    Author : Bodil Ohlsson; Internmedicin - epidemiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Immunology; trophic effects; total parenteral nutrition; salivary glands; pancreaticobiliary diversion; pancreas; liver; intestinal mucosa; epidermal growth factor; cholecystokinin; biliodigestive shunt; Bile; bilary tract; serology; transplantation; Immunologi; serologi; Gastro-enterology; Gastroenterologi;

    Abstract : Cholecystokinin (CCK) is known to exert secretory and trophic effects on the pancreas. Its release from the intestinal mucosa is regulated by pancresic proteases in the small intestine. However, knowledge about the type of responding exocrine cells and the time course of events during stimulation with CCK is lacking. READ MORE

  5. 18. Nutritional support among cancer patients enrolled in palliative home care services

    Author : Ylva Orrevall; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Enteral tube feeding; Food intake; Home care services; Neoplasm; Nutrition assessments; Nutritional support; Palliative care; Parenteral nutrition;

    Abstract : Nutritional problems are common in palliative cancer care. Little is known about nutritional problems and nutritional support in home care. READ MORE

  6. 19. Esophageal cancer : evaluation of some new strategies

    Author : Dag Stockeld; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Esophageal; cancer; fine needle; cytology; prognosis; immunohistochemistry; nutrition; PEG;

    Abstract : Objective: To study and to evaluate new strategies regarding the diagnosis, treatment and nutrition of esophageal cancer patients. Methods: A background retrospective analysis of the files of all 1284 esophageal cancer patients in Stockholm County 1978 - 1995 was performed and followed by a multicenter study of the development and evaluation of a cisplatinum based chemoradiation protocol for the treatment of nonmetastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. READ MORE

  7. 20. Nutritional follow-up of patients with head and neck cancer

    Author : Ylva Tiblom Ehrsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Head and neck cancer;

    Abstract : Head and neck (H&N) cancer constitutes approximately 5.1% of all cancers worldwide and 2.2% in Sweden. It is a heterogeneous group of malignant tumours with differences in natural history and prognosis. READ MORE