Old age, pressure ulcers and malnutrition may co-exist. Wounds in older people may already be slow to heal as a result of compromised skin integrity, which occurs as part of the normal ageing process. Malnutrition is also more common in older people, and evidence has shown that inadequate nutrition may lead to impaired and prolonged wound healing. This article explores the relationship between ...

Ana Abad-Sinden, MS, RD, CNSD, Director, Dietetic Internship Program, Pediatric Nutrition Support Specialist and James Sutphen, M.D., Assistant Professor, UVA Health System, Department of Nutrition Services, Charlottesville, VA. Pediatric short bowel syndrome (SBS), usually caused by massive intestinal resection, presents a significant nutritional challenge to the pediatric clinician. The overa...

Losses of both product quality and quantity during the critical pre-slaughter period are inevitable. These losses are the result of social, physical, environmental and nutritional stresses imposed on the animal between the farm/ feedlot and the abattoir knocking box. In the interests of animal welfare and beef quality, it is essential that effective management strategies be implemented to minim...

Short bowel syndrome (SBS) comprises the sequelae of nutrient, fluid, and weight loss that occurs subsequent to greatly reduced functional surface area of the small intestine. Signs and symptoms of SBS include electrolyte disturbances; deficiencies of calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, vitamin B12, or fat-soluble vitamin deficiency; malabsorption of carbohydrates, lactose, and protein; metabolic a...

Dietary and nutritional therapies encompass preventive and educational approaches to diet and lifestyle changes, in order to promote and optimise physical and mental health. They encompass personalised dietary therapy and nutraceutical prescription, and lifestyle advice within a functional medicine framework. This represents a nutritional paradigm different to that which underpins current diete...

CONTEXT There is controversy concerning the merits of enteral and parenteral nutrition in the management of patients with severe acute pancreatitis. OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of enteral nutrition versus parenteral nutrition on serum markers of inflammation and outcome in patients with severe acute pancreatitis. SETTING Tertiary care centre in North India. ...

Agriculture sector faces risks caused by natural damaging events. So, it is necessary to predict, counteract and mitigate the risks of agricultural activities to increase investment security, to identify risks and to practice risk management methods, in which insurance has a special niche as a risk counteraction and mitigation measure. The objective of this study was to study the role of insura...

A nutritional perspective within pediatric oncology is usually just related to the supportive care aspect during the management of the underlying malignancy. However, nutrition has a far more fundamental importance with respect to a growing, developing child who has cancer as well as viewing cancer from a nutritional cancer control perspective. Nutrition is relevant to all components of cancer ...