Feeding and Nutrition in Children with Neurodevelopmental DisabilityISBN: 978-1-898683-60-5
Paperback
144 pages
July 2009
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This book is written to assist those who have responsibility for
the nutritional and gastrointestinal care of children with
neurodisability. The emphasis throughout is on the importance of
multidisciplinary care. It is concerned with the problems
surrounding the nutritional management of children with
neurological impairment who have difficulty swallowing and feeding.
Written from a multidisciplinary perspective by a group of authors
with considerable clinical and research experience in this area, it
covers: ? The epidemiology of feeding disorders in children with
cerebral palsy ? Nutritional assessment ? Evaluation of oral-motor
function ? Dietetic management ? Nursing issues in the nutritional
care of the disabled child ? Tube feeding ? Gastrointestinal
problems and their investigation