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Gastric disorders and nutritional management
1Gastrointestinal Division, Department of Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10025, USA.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America
|September 9, 1998
Abstract:
Protein calorie malnutrition is a frequent complication of HIV and AIDS. Malnutrition has been one of the most common AIDS-defining conditions recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Proper nutritional management can have a positive impact on the clinical course of HIV-infected patients. Further information is required in order to assign nutrition its proper priority in the clinical management of HIV-infected individuals. The use of gastrostomy feedings in patients with AIDS is similar to the use of these feedings in other diseases.