Comparison of Nutritional Status with Clinical Status, Laboratory Results and NRS-2002 Score in Patients Requiring Nutritional Support

Clinical and laboratory assessment of nutritional status.

Nutritional status in type 2 diabetic patients requiring haemodialysis.

BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease are often overweight (BMI > 24) at the start of dialysis therapy. However, there are very few reports in the literature concerning the nutritional status of these patients after prolonged haemodialysis treatment. Therefore, we compared nutritional parameters in type 2 diabetic patients and age-matched non-diabetic patients after a...

The Effect of Oral Nutritional Supplement on Nutritional Status of Hemodialysis Patients in a Military Hospital

Background and Aim: Malnutrition is a common problem for hemodialysis patients, leading to reduced quality of life, increased hospitalization, and increased mortality. Evaluation of nutritional status is one of the main determinants of the clinical status. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of oral nutritional supplements (Iso Whey) on the nutritional status of hemodialysis pat...

Nutritional status in cirrhotic patients.

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Malnutrition is prevalent in all forms of liver disease: from 20% in compensated liver disease to more than 80% in those patients with decompensated liver disease. Protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM) can be identified in all clinical stages but is easier observed in advanced stages of liver disease. The presence of malnutrition is associated with increased number of comp...

[Nutritional status in patients with recurrent glioblastoma].

INTRODUCTION Nutritional status is a major clinical parameter in multiple cancers. Indeed, nutritional status is a prognostic factor and a predictor of response and toxicity to treatments in breast and lung cancers for instance. To our knowledge, in patients suffering from malignant primary brain tumors, nutritional status has been poorly investigated. METHODS Nutritional status of 26 gliobla...