Exton-Smith / Scott Vitamins in the Elderly

Report of the Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the Royal College of Physicians, London, on 2nd May, 1968, Sponsored by Roche Products Limited
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-8136-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 116 Seiten, Web PDF

Vitamins in the Elderly covers the proceedings of a symposium sponsored by Roche Products Limited, held at the Royal College of Physicians in London on May 2, 1968. The book focuses on issues on health and nutrition in the elderly. The selection first ponders on nutrition surveys carried out in Yugoslavia and their relationship to the assessment of nutritional status of populations and subclinical malnutrition in the elderly. Topics include detection of nutritional osteomalacia; epidemiological approach in the assessment of the nutritional status of populations; and vitamin-D deficiency and osteomalacia. The book also takes a look at the biochemical methods and findings in U.S.A. surveys and deficiencies of folic acid in the elderly. The publication examines the clinical survey of elderly people from a nutritional standpoint; clinical signs and their true relationship to vitamin C deficiency; and leucocyte vitamin C levels in elderly patients with reference to dietary intake and clinical findings. The nutritional problems in the elderly in the United States and the problem of retaining vitamins in hospital food are also underscored. The selection is a dependable source of data for nutritionists and readers interested in the health and nutrition of the elderly.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Exton-Smith, A. N.

Scott, D. L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Vitamins in the Elderly;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;10
5;EDITORS' NOTE;11
6;INTRODUCTION;12
7;PART I: THE GENERAL PROBLEM;14
7.1;CHAPTER 1. THE GENERAL HEALTH OF THE ELDERLY;14
7.1.1;REFERENCES;17
7.2;CHAPTER 2. NUTRITION SURVEYS CARRIED OUT IN YUGOSLAVIA AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF ASSESSMENT OF THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF POPULATIONS;18
7.2.1;EPIDEMIOLOGICAL APPROACH IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF POPULATIONS;18
7.2.2;CONCLUSIONS;24
7.3;CHAPTER 3. THE PROBLEM OF SUBCLINICAL MALNUTRITION IN THE ELDERLY;25
7.3.1;THE OCCURRENCE OF SUBCLINICAL MALNUTRITION;25
7.3.2;VITAMIN-D DEFICIENCY AND OSTEOMALACIA;26
7.3.3;DETECTION OF NUTRITIONAL OSTEOMALACIA;28
7.3.4;SUMMARY;30
7.3.5;REFERENCES;30
7.3.6;GENERAL DISCUSSION—PART I;32
7.3.7;DISCUSSION;36
8;PART II: BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS;38
8.1;CHAPTER 4. BIOCHEMICAL METHODS AND FINDINGS IN U.S.A. SURVEYS;38
8.1.1;REFERENCES;46
8.2;CHAPTER 5. BIOCHEMICAL FINDINGS OF THE FARNBOROUGH SURVEY;47
8.2.1;NORMAL VALVES;47
8.2.2;COMPARISON OF METHODS;52
8.2.3;REFERENCES;54
8.3;CHAPTER 6. DEFICIENCIES OF FOLIC ACID AND VITAMIN B12 IN THE ELDERLY;55
8.3.1;METABOLIC ACTIONS;55
8.3.2;VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY;55
8.3.3;FOLATE DEFICIENCY;56
8.3.4;DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA;58
8.3.5;REFERENCES;60
8.3.6;GENERAL DISCUSSION—PART II;61
8.3.7;DISCUSSION;62
9;PART III: CLINICAL ASPECTS;66
9.1;CHAPTER 7. A CLINICAL SURVEY OF ELDERLY PEOPLE FROM A NUTRITIONAL STANDPOINT;66
9.1.1;SUMMARY;70
9.2;CHAPTER 8. CLINICAL SIGNS AND THEIR TRUE RELATIONSHIP TO VITAMIN C DEFICIENCY;76
9.2.1;REFERENCES;78
9.3;CHAPTER 9. LEUCOCYTE VITAMIN C LEVELS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH REFERENCE TO DIETARY INTAKE AND CLINICAL FINDINGS;79
9.3.1;DIETARY METHOD;79
9.3.2;BIOCHEMISTRY;81
9.3.3;DISCUSSION;82
9.3.4;REFERENCES;84
9.4;CHAPTER 10. NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS TODAY IN THE ELDERLY IN THE UNITED STATES;85
9.4.1;REFERENCES;96
9.4.2;GENERAL DISCUSSION—PART III;97
9.4.3;DISCUSSION;98
10;PART IV: DIETARY ASPECTS;105
10.1;CHAPTER 11. THE PROBLEM OF RETAINING VITAMINS IN HOSPITAL FOOD;105
10.1.1;REFERENCES;111
10.2;CHAPTER 12. DIETARY INTAKES OF ELDERLY FEMALE PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL;112
10.2.1;METHOD;112
10.2.2;RESULTS;112
10.2.3;BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS;113
10.2.4;DISCUSSION;115
10.2.5;SUMMARY;116
10.2.6;REFERENCES;116
10.2.7;GENERAL DISCUSSION—PART IV;117
10.3;CHAPTER 13. SUMMING UP;118
11;INDEX;120