background and objectives: guillain-barre´ syndrome (gbs) is an acute-onset, monophasic, immune-mediated polyneuropathy that often follows an antecedent infection. special nutritional support has an important role in these patients. methods: a 6 years old girl with gbs was admitted to picu of dr. sheikh children hospital (mashhad, iran). chief compliance for hospitalization was inability to wal...

to express their ideas, feeling, and imagination, a large number of ancient arab poets employed terminologies current in that period, especially those related to spices and herbals and their advantages. their main impetus came from their investigative instinct as well as their religious beliefs that emphasize the importance of herbals for their medical and nutritional benefits. hence, such subj...

intrbackground and objectives: good medical nutrition therapy (mnt) is crucial to inpatients' health and treatment, and is part of routine hospital cares. surgery ward is a highly danger-prone section in any hospital. the present study was conducted for a proactive risk analysis of nutrition and food distribution in mashhad qaem hospital’ women’s surgery ward in 2013 through health care fa...

background: improper nutritional knowledge is one of the most important causes of nutritional problems, which can affect practice and cause more complications. the aim of this study was to assess the association between nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of iranian households with socioeconomic status (ses).   methods: the study population was 14,136 households (57 clusters of 8...

background: the information on nutritional status as a part of patients' medical information should be documented on patient records by dietitians. despite the importance of this information in the process of decision making and medical care and even legal aspects, no proper attention has so far been paid to documenting such information on patient records. this study aimed to design a prototype...

background: low fruit and vegetable intake is a major risk factor for cancer, coronary heart disease and stroke. the recommended intake of five portions per day would reduce death rates from these causes by 20%. in order to have reach fruit and vegetables in daily diet among students, this study examines a brief preventive intervention as for embedding schools action and students role for keepi...

A study was conducted to investigate how the allocation of energy to growth and maintenance differs between rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon and how the diet affects energy allocation. Rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon were handfed to satiation four isoenergetic diets (DE = 20 MJ/kg) with different digestible protein/digestible energy ratios (DP/DE), i.e., 24, 22, 20, and 18 g/MJ, achieved thr...

A 14-d trial was conducted to determine the effect of dietary protein concentration on performance and health in Pekin ducks during aflatoxicosis . The 4 dietary treatments were arranged in a 2 × 2 factorial with 2 CP concentration (20 and 24% on analyzed basis) with or without 0 .20 mg/kg AFB1 (0 .21 mg/kg analyzed) . Each diet was fed to 6 replicate cages per diet (6 ducks per cage) from 0 to...

The utilizable energy content of wheat distillers dried grains with solubles (wheat-DDGS) without or with supplementation of enzyme containing xylanase, amylase and protease (XAP) activities was deter­ mined for turkeys using linear regression method. A total of 126 BUT 10 male turkeys were fed a nutrient-adequate starter diet from d 1 to 14. On d 14, the birds were assigned to 6 dietary treatm...