Nutritional medicine
Overview of laboratory services
Nutritional medicine involves the use of current scientific insights on nutritional physiology and pathophysiology for prevention and diagnosis. It seeks to discover nutritional physiological insights and develops nutritional therapeutical applications. In this case, nutrition is not only understood as the supply with macronutrients (carbohydrates, fats, proteins) and micronutrients (e.g. vitamins and trace elements), but also as an option for therapeutic intervention. The basis for nutritional medical therapy is formed by the nutritional history and laboratory medicine tests. For example, the risk profile of a patient can be assessed with respect to malnutrition. The course of numerous diseases can be positively influenced by proper nutrition. A sufficient supply with perioperative nutrition can improve wound healing and reduce morbidity and mortality. In addition, nutrition has an effect on the functionality of the immune system and therefore justifies the field of immunonutrition.
