Nutritional status in HIV-infected patients using Changi's mini nutritional assessment

Nutritional status in HIV-infected patients using Changi's mini nutritional assessment

Materials and methods We assessed 91 outpatients followed in an urban infectious disease clinic in south Madrid (Spain). In each case age, gender, race, HIV risk group, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection status, smoking status, degree of immune depression, viral load, presence or absence of an AIDS diagnosis, time since diagnosis of HIV infection, antiretroviral therapy (ART), type of ART, anthr...

A modified Mini Nutritional Assessment without BMI can effectively assess the nutritional status of neuropsychiatric patients.

AIM AND OBJECTIVES To determine whether a modified version of the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) without body mass index (BMI) can effectively identify individuals at risk of malnutrition among patients with neuropsychiatric disorders. BACKGROUND Neuropsychiatric patients have an additional risk of nutritional disorder due to functional impairments and drug effects. However, their nutritio...

Assessing the nutritional status of elderly Chinese lung cancer patients using the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA®) tool

PURPOSE This study assessed the nutritional status of elderly Chinese lung cancer inpatients using a revised version of the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA(®)) tool. PATIENTS AND METHODS The revised version of the MNA tool was used to assess the nutritional status of 180 elderly Chinese lung cancer inpatients prior to their scheduled surgery between June 2010 and July 2011. Patients' demogra...

Nutritional status assessment in colorectal cancer patients.

The present study intended to evaluate the nutritional status of Portuguese colorectal patients and associated it with surgery type as well as quality of life outcomes. Malnutrition can affect up to 85% of cancer patients and specifically 30-60% in colorectal cancer and can significantly influence health outcomes. A sample of 50 colorectal cancer patients was evaluated in what refers to several...

Mini Nutritional Assessment and cancer.