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Mantovani, Giovanni [Other]; Anker, Stefan [Other]; Fanelli, Filippo Rossi [Other]; Inui, Akio [Other]; Morley, John E. [Other]; Scevola, Daniele [Other]; Schuster, Michael W. [Other]; Yeh, Shing-Shing [Other]

Cachexia and Wasting: A Modern Approach

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  • Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Cachexia and Wasting: A Modern Approach
  • Contains: CONTENTS; List of Contributors; Index of Contributors; 1. ANATOMY, HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY; 2. BIOCHEMISTRY, PHYSIOLOGY AND 'CLINICS' OF ADIPOSE TISSUE; 3. ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS; 4. THE DIFFERENT FEATURES OF WASTING IN HUMANS; 5. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF WASTING/CACHEXIA; 6. MEDICAL CAUSES OF WASTING/CACHEXIA; 7. CACHEXIA AND AGEING; 8. CACHEXIA AND HIV INFECTION/AIDS; 9. CANCER-RELATED CACHEXIA; 10. TREATMENT OF CANCER CACHEXIA; 11. TREATMENT OF CACHEXIA IN THE ELDERLY; 12. A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE FOR THE TREATMENT OF CACHEXIA; Subject Index
  • Contributor: Mantovani, Giovanni [Other]; Anker, Stefan [Other]; Fanelli, Filippo Rossi [Other]; Inui, Akio [Other]; Morley, John E. [Other]; Scevola, Daniele [Other]; Schuster, Michael W. [Other]; Yeh, Shing-Shing [Other]
  • imprint: Milano: Springer-Verlag Italia, 2006
  • Published in: SpringerLink ; Bücher
  • Extent: Online-Ressource (XXII, 758 p, digital)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1007/978-88-470-0552-5
  • ISBN: 9788847005525
  • Identifier:
  • RVK notation: YC 8400 : Allgemeines
  • Keywords: Kachexie
    Wastingsyndrom
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references
  • Description: Daniele Scevo

    Cachexia may well represent the flip side of the tremendous achievements of modern medicine. Many diseases rapidly leading patients to death just a few years ago, are now better controlled by new therapies, and even if we cannot cure and eradicate them, their natural history has significantly increased by months and years. Although these new therapeutic strategies represent a remarkable advantage over the standards of care, it is impossible to ignore that many more patients are now facing the nutritional consequences of prolonged immunological and metabolic challenges deriving from ongoing dis