Nutritional assesment

Malignancy is a catabolic state, which is precipitated with surgical intervention. Malnutrition is one of the main risk factors for poor outcomes of cancer surgery. We need to screen oncological patients for malnutrition using standardized screening tools, by which patients found to be at nutritional risk are then referred to a registered dietitian for further management. A detailed assessment is required in such patients, which helps in categorizing the patients based on the severity and rendering proper care...

OBJECTIVES: To identify the most appropriate nutritional risk screening tool for patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery, five nutritional screening tools, including the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002), Short Form of Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF), Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) and Nutritional Risk Index (NRI), were employed to evaluate the nutritional risk at admission and short-term clinical outcome prediction...

Introduction: oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) has complications such as malnutrition and dehydration. Body composition is an important factor for nutritional status. Objective: to evaluate the presence of cachexia, phase angle, muscle strength, and nutritional risk according to the type of feeding regimen tolerated by patients, determined with the volume-viscosity swallow test (V-VST). Methods: this cross-sectional study included hospitalized adults of both sexes with a diagnosis of OD established by the Eating Assessment Tool and V-VST...

BACKGROUND: There are several screening tools used in the detection of malnutrition to facilitate nutritional support and predict prognosis in the elderly. AIMS: We aimed to compare the prognostic predictive value of geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) with other nutritional indices on 1 month survival in geriatric patients hospitalized for respiratory failure in intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS: A total of 191 geriatric patients (> 65 years) admitted to a specialized chest hospital with respiratory failure between January 2018 and January 2019 were analyzed...

INTRODUCTION: In the hospitalized patient, Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) may result in a worse nutritional status due to its pathophysiology and dietary treatment. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to know if a hospitalized diabetic patient has a worse nutritional status, and to establish the influence of DM2 on the hospital length of stay in patients with malnutrition. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This was a transveral study from January 2014 to October 2016; 1017 patients were included who were assessed by the Endocrinology and Nutrition Department...

BACKGROUND: Arm anthropometry is a better indicator of nutritional status in children with cancer. The value of serum albumin and prealbumin in nutritional assesment is debatable. We investigated the nutritional status of children with cancer and their serum albumin and prealbumin levels. PATIENTS AND METHODS: At diagnosis and following induction therapies, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), and triceps skin-fold thickness (TSFT) were measured; serum albumin and prealbumin levels were determined...

This set of data presents a survey data describing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, tuberculosis patients characteristics and stress resilience during COVID-19 pandemic in West Sumatera Province, Indonesia. The data were gathered from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, tuberculosis patients through a survey distributed by an online questionnaire, assesing patients characteristics (age, sex, level of education, working status, history of close contact to patients with multidrug resistant tuberculosis and tuberculosis, smoking, alcohol consumption, cavitary pulmonary, diabetes mellitus, nutritional status and tuberculosis outside the lung) and stress resilience (3 items), from 15th July until 7th August 2020...

The aim of the research was standard and alternative measurement of anthropometric indices in Georgian healthy elderly population for determining the reliability/validity of the widely used and recognized assessment tools. Our research is the first study of the anthropometry as the part of of nutritional status assessment in Georgian elderly. For anthropometric assessment we first time used 1. Standard measurements (weight, height, WC, HC, MAC /MUAC, TSF, BMI, WHR, AMA using standard methods and tools for measurable values and standard formulas for calculating values), and 2...

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition and orthostatic hypotension(OH) are the two important geriatric syndromes, which have similar negative outcomes such as falls. The aim of the study is to detect whether there is any relation between malnutrition and OH. METHODS: 862 geriatric patients, who had undergone comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA),were included in the retrospective study. OH was identified as 20 and/or 10 mmHg dropped for systolic and/or diastolic blood pressures with the active standing test when patients got up from supine to standing position...

Nutritional research in elderly disabled is difficult in noninstitutionalized people. The dietary intake of a noninstitutionalized disabled population of the eastern region of Spain was evaluated to detect possible nutritional deviations. A total of 329 participants aged 65 and over were recruited. Most participants were overweight. Carbohydrates did not reach 50% of total Kcal/day. Insufficient micronutrient intakes and high consumption of simple carbohydrates and saturated fats (SFA) were found. A decreasing trend of water intake (p < ...

BACKGROUND: While some obese children are metabolically healthy (MHO), some have additional health problems, such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and hepatosteatosis, which increase mortality and morbidity related to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) during adulthood. These children are metabolically unhealthy obese (MUO) children. In this study we assessed the factors that affect metabolic health in obesity and the clinical and laboratory findings that distinguish between MHO and MUO children...

BACKGROUND: Gallstone disease (GSD) is a common chronic disease in the Western hemisphere, yet environmental and genetic factors may be responsible for the variations in the prevalence of GSD among populations. AIM: To analyze the relationship of the ApoE and FABP2 polymorphisms with diet, physical activity and emotional health in patients with GSD from West Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 120 patients with GSD and 370 healthy subjects were enrolled...

INTRODUCTION: Malnutrition increases mortality and hospital stay. Increasingly Sanitary institutions follow nutritional screening in order to detect early malnutrition or the risk of developing. There is not universally accepted method for nutritional assessment or screening. OBJECTIVE: Determine a fast and reliable method that doesn't require prior training, for the screening and nutritional assessment of heart failure's patients. METHOD: Observational study...

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition at hospitals is responsible for high morbidity and mortality** rates. This study aims at describing the results of the implementation of a hospital nutrition program with an eventual deployment of nutritional support. METHODS: Observational, prospective, single-centre design. All adult patients consecutively admited in our hospital during the period January 2012-September 2013 were registered. The implementation of the nutrion program consisted of: nutritional assessment at admitance; examination of the patient with indications for starting nutritional support; implementation of nutritional support; monitoring and follow-up...

BACKGROUND: At present, scientific consensus exists on the multifactorial etiopatogenia of obesity. Both professionals and researchers agree that treatment must also have a multifactorial approach, including diet, physical activity, pharmacology and/or surgical treatment. These two last ones should be reserved for those cases of morbid obesities or in case of failure of the previous ones. The aim of the PRONAF study is to determine what type of exercise combined with caloric restriction is the most appropriate to be included in overweigth and obesity intervention programs, and the aim of this paper is to describe the design and the evaluation methods used to carry out the PRONAF study...

BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding is considered the most beneficial, natural nutrition for babies. Qualitative and quantitative composition of breast milk is ideal for implementing all the nutritional needs of infants up to 6 months of age, assuming that the nursing mother's diet is correct. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate the intake of energy, proteins, fat, carbohydrates and cholesterol in the group of 100 breastfeeding women, aged 19 to 38 years, from Masovian province...

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status, and provide information regarding anthropometric measurements of cerebral-palsied children living in the city of Ankara, Turkey. METHOD: A total of 447 children with cerebral palsy (CP) were participated in this cross-sectional study. Participants were assessed for functional motor impairment by the gross motor function classification system (GMFCS). Assesment of nutritional status was based on the triceps skinfold thickness (TSF), arm fat area (AFA) estimates derived from TSF and mid-upper arm circumference measurements...

AIM: Examine the interrater reliability between and among registered and enrolled nurses using Modified Norton Scale, Pressure Ulcer Card and Short Form-Mini Nutritional Assessment. BACKGROUND: In Sweden, registered nurses and enrolled nurses usually co-operate in patient care. National guidelines emphasize that reliable and valid assessment tools should be used. Interrater reliability for regular use of assessment tools is seldom studied. DESIGN CROSS-SECTIONAL: Registered nurses and enrolled nurses made 228 assessments of patients' skin, risk for pressure ulcer and malnutrition, in patients with hip fracture and patients who had suffered a stroke...

The aim of the paper, in which the 24-hour recall was used, was to asses the food intake of selected nutrients in first year student of Agricultural University in Wroclaw. The recommended dietary allowances for energy and basic nutrients in group of woman were particularly low, in group of man-intake of saturated fatty acids, cholesterol and animal protein was improperly high.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the feasibility, acceptability, and reported impact of a nutrition and physical activity environmental intervention in child care. DESIGN: Self-assessment instrument completed pre- and post-intervention by randomly assigned intervention and comparison child care centers. SETTING: Child care centers in 8 counties across North Carolina. PARTICIPANTS: A convenience sample of 19 child care centers (15 intervention and 4 comparison)...