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Clinical Nutrition in Oncology and Palliative Care — Treatise on Physiopathological and Therapeutic Specialization

Clinical Nutrition · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Un compendio científico detallado y riguroso de la terapéutica nutricional y la inmunomodulación metabólica en el paciente oncológico. Aborda desde las bases celulares y metabólicas de la caquexia tumoral y la mioesteatosis hasta la optimización perioperatoria mediante protocolos ERAS, el abordaje de las complicaciones digestivas específicas según la localización del tumor, la selección de fórmulas enterales y…

What it covers

  1. Oncological Cachexia vs. Simple Starvation: Proinflammatory Mediators
  2. Alterations in the Intermediate Metabolism of Macronutrients
  3. · Carbohydrate Metabolism and the Warburg Effect
  4. · Lipid Metabolism and Adipose Browning
  5. · Protein Metabolism and the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway
  6. Oncological Sarcopenia, Myosteatosis and Myelopenia
  7. · Myosteatosis: Qualitative Muscle Dysfunction
  8. · Sarcopenia and Myelopenia: The Muscle-Bone Marrow Axis
  9. Nutritional Screening and Diagnosis Tools: GLIM Criteria
  10. · Validated Screening Tools
  11. · Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (VGS-GP)
  12. High Precision Body Composition Assessment Methods
  13. · Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) and Vector Analysis (BIVA)
  14. · Computed Tomography (CT) at L3 Level: The Clinical Gold Standard
  15. · Hand Dynamometry (Handgrip Strength)
  16. Inflammatory and Nutritional Biomarkers: The Modified Glasgow Score (mGPS)
  17. · Kinetics and Limitations of Visceral Proteins
  18. · The Modified Glasgow Score (mGPS): The Inflammatory Prognostic Standard
  19. Determination and Optimization of Energy and Protein Requirements
  20. · Measurement versus Estimation of Energy Expenditure
  21. · Optimization of Protein Contribution in Sarcopenia
  22. Immunonutrition and Pharmaconutrition: Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Arginine and Glutamine
  23. · Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) and DHA: Inflammation Modulators
  24. · Arginine and Glutamine: Conditionally Essential Amino Acids
  25. Micronutrients, Vitamins and Antioxidants: Evidence and Controversies
  26. · Vitamin D (25-Hydroxyvitamin D): Beyond Bone Metabolism
  27. · Zinc and Selenium: Antiradical Cofactors
  28. Toxicities of Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapies and Immunotherapy
  29. · Pathophysiology of Mucositis of the Gastrointestinal Tract
  30. · Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV)
  31. · Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI)-Induced Colitis
  32. Radiation Enteritis and Impact of Head, Neck and Pelvis Radiotherapy
  33. · Pathophysiology of Gastrointestinal Actinic Lesion
  34. · Actinic Dysphagia and Preservation of Swallowing
  35. Perioperative Management and Accelerated Recovery Protocols (ERAS)
  36. · Nutritional Pillars of the ERAS Protocol
  37. Enteral Nutrition: Indications, Access Routes and Formula Selection
  38. · Accesses for Enteral Nutrition
  39. · Stratification and Selection of Enteral Formulas
  40. · Clinical Complications of Enteral Nutrition
  41. Parenteral Nutrition: Indications and Monitoring of Vascular Access
  42. · Absolute Clinical Indications in Oncology
  43. · Access Routes and Relationship with the Osmolarity of the Formula
  44. Pathophysiology and Prevention of Refeeding Syndrome
  45. · Cellular Pathophysiology of Metabolic Transition
  46. · Safe Prevention and Repletion Protocol
  47. Head and Neck Cancer: Mechanical Dysphagia and Prophylactic Gastrostomy
  48. · Pathophysiology of Mechanical Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
  49. · Clinical Controversy: Prophylactic vs. Reactive Gastrostomy (PEG)
  50. · Modification of Viscosities and Caloric Density
  51. Upper Gastrointestinal Tumors: Esophageal and Gastric
  52. · Pathophysiology of Dumping Syndrome (Rapid Gastric Emptying)
  53. · Nutritional Strategies to Control Dumping
  54. · Afferent Loop Syndrome
  55. Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Tumors: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
  56. · Pathophysiology of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI)
  57. Colorectal Cancer and Pelvic Tumors: Management of High Debt Ostomies
  58. · Pathophysiology of the High Debt Ostomy (HOA)
  59. · High Debt Ostomy Management Protocol
  60. Transition from Active Nutritional Support to Palliative End-of-Life Care
  61. · Physiology of the Agony Phase and Cessation of Ingestion
  62. · The Futility of Artificial Nutritional Support (ANS) in Agony
  63. Physiopathological Management of Symptoms of Nutritional Impact at the End of Life
  64. · 1. Terminal Xerostomia (Dry Mouth)
  65. · 2. Nausea and Vomiting due to Gastroparesis and Partial Intestinal Obstruction
  66. · 3. Opioid Induced Constipation (OIC)
  67. Hydration in the Terminal Patient: Myths, Realities and Hypodermoclysis
  68. · Myths and Realities of Dehydration at the End of Life
  69. · Hypodermoclysis: A Palliative Comfort Technique
  70. Pharmacology of Orexigenic Agents and Metabolic Modulators
  71. Systematic Clinical Algorithm for Oncological Nutritional Support

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Subject
Clinical Nutrition
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
71
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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