LLL Programme – Micronutrients 44 - 2 – Vitamins in clinical nutrition

Vitamins are essential organic molecules, which are required in the diet in relatively small amounts in any form of nutrition (oral, enteral, parenteral). Despite the small amounts that are required, the vitamins are essential both for maintenance of health, growth, and treatment of disease.After reminding about the principal function of all the vitamins, their needs and the clinical consequences of their deficit, the text present some common clinical problems: the impact of inflammation on the assessment of status.

Source: Clinical Nutrition ESPEN - April 17, 2024 Category: Nutrition Authors: Karin Amrein, Ang élique M.E. de Man, Oguzhan S. Dizdar, Kursat Gundogan, Michael P. Casaer, Hanna-Liis Lepp, Serge Rezzi, Arthur RH. van Zanten, Alan Shenkin, Mette M. Berger, the ESPEN Micronutrient Special Interest Group (SIG-MN) Source Type: research