LF:MNDO091 Pediatric Oncology - Course Information
MNDO091 Pediatric Oncology
Faculty of MedicineAutumn 2011
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- MUDr. Petr Lokaj (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Jaroslav Štěrba, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MVDr. Halina Matějová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- prof. MUDr. Jaroslav Štěrba, Ph.D.
Department of Human Nutrition – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MVDr. Halina Matějová - Timetable
- Thu 13. 10. to Fri 6. 1. each odd Thursday 10:00–11:40 PeK N04005
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- MNVD081c Pediatric Nutrition I - p
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Nutrition therapist for child nutrition and Nutrition therapist for adult nutrition (programme LF, N-SZ)
- Course objectives
- Cancer diseases represent in developed countries, the main cause of death among child diseases. Cancer in children differ significantly from cancer among adults in several areas - types of the disease, an entirely different biological behavior of tumors in children as well as the specifics of the developing child patient. Basic treatment modality in pediatric oncology continues to chemotherapy, with all its adverse effects. High-quality supportive care, including adequate nutritional support is an essential prerequisite for successful treatment of children with cancer.
- Syllabus
- 1. Nutritional risk in different types of children's cancer 2. Nutrition and related side effects of radiotherapy 3. Special aspects of nutritional assessment. 4. Special aspects of nutritional support 5. Strategy for food intake during cancer treatment 6. Enteral Nutrition 7. Parenteral Nutrition
- Literature
- ŠTĚRBA, Jaroslav. Podpůrná péče v dětské onkologii. 1. vyd. Brno: Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2008, 240 s. ISBN 9788070134832. info
- Nutritional oncology. Edited by David Heber. 2nd ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier-Academic Press, 2006, xxiv, 822. ISBN 0120883937. info
- HENDRICKS, Kristy M. and Christopher DUGGAN. Manual of pediatric nutrition. 4th ed. Lewiston, NY: BC Decker, 2005, 850 p. ISBN 1550093088. info
- ADAM, Zdeněk, Jiří VORLÍČEK and Jana KOPTÍKOVÁ. Obecná onkologie a podpůrná léčba. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2003, 787 s. ISBN 8024706776. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures
- Assessment methods
- colloquium
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
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