Nutrition and stroke : prevention and treatment /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK ; Ames, Iowa :
Blackwell Pub.,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- Nutrition and ageing
- The challenge of stroke
- Ageing changes relevant to nutrition in elderly people
- Macro- and micronutrients in elderly people
- Diagnosing protein-energy undernutrition (PEU) in elderly people
- Nutritional factors and risk of stroke
- The role of dietary and nutritional factors in stroke prevention
- Antioxidants and risk of ischaemic stroke
- Homocysteine and stroke
- Endothelial dysfunction in stroke disease : potential role of dietary factors
- Nutrition factors following stroke
- Cerebral ischaemia, reperfusion and oxidative damage in ischaemic stroke
- Protein-energy undernutrition after stroke
- Nutritional status of special stroke groups : patients with urinary incontinence and swallowing difficulties
- Undernutrition after acute stroke : when does it matter
- Nutritional support of elderly stroke patients
- Nutritional status in the community
- Future directions and recommendations