Infectious Diseases,
Abstract
Approaches to the nutritional management of infectious disease problems can be summarized in a series of guidelines and therapeutic steps in most clinical situations. Body defensive mechanisms that prevent or minimize infectious illnesses seem to function best when a patient is in normal nutritional balance. Deficits or excesses of nutrients may predispose to an increased risk of infection or to an infection of increased severity. Although nutritional management during the therapy of most infections falls into the realm of secondary or supportive care, on rare occasions immediate correction of a nutritional abnormality may be of life-saving importance. It should then take precedence in the management of the illness. These emergency situations generally involve the correction of severe fluid and electrolyte or acid-base abnormalities. Severe hypoglycemia or anoxia must also be corrected without delay. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 29, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA082842
Entities
People
- William R. Beisel
Organizations
- United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases