Clinical nutrition

How it is used

Used for a field of work, a job area and a team: clinical nutrition department, clinical nutrition team, clinical nutrition guidelines. It includes therapeutic diets, enteral and parenteral nutrition and nutrition support. ESPEN is the main European society in this area.

Example sentences

1. After graduating, she specialized in clinical nutrition and now works in intensive care.

2. The clinical nutrition team reviews every patient on tube feeding twice a week.

Common collocations

• clinical nutrition team
• clinical nutrition guidelines
• specialize in clinical nutrition
• nutrition support

Related terms

• medical nutrition therapyNutrition treatment for a specific disease or condition, such as diabetes or kidney disease, planned and monitored by a registered dietitian as part of medical care.
• enteral nutritionFeeding that uses the digestive tract, usually through a tube into the stomach or small intestine, for patients who cannot eat enough by mouth. Some definitions also include oral nutritional supplements.
• parenteral nutritionFeeding given directly into a vein, bypassing the digestive system, for patients whose gut cannot be used or cannot absorb enough nutrients.
• malnutritionA condition caused by a diet that does not match the body's needs. It usually means undernutrition, but in global health it also covers overweight, obesity and micronutrient deficiencies.
• dietitianA qualified health professional who has studied nutrition and dietetics at university and uses this knowledge to assess, advise and treat people, including patients with medical conditions.

More terms: Clinical Nutrition

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