This paper describes rapid assessment of infant feeding practices based on surveys conducted on National Immunization Day in the cities of Florianópolis and João Pessoa, Brazil. Two different infant feeding patterns emerge clearly in the data analysis. Most infants begin breastfeeding, but exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) from 0-4 months (46.3% in Florianópolis and 23.9% in João Pessoa) and timely...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effects of total parenteral nutrition and octreotide on pediatric patients with chylous ascites post-operative. METHODS Four patients were diagnosed with chylous ascites from Nov 2009 to Nov 2012. Total parenteral nutrition and octreotide was administered to 2 patients, while the other two only received fasting and total parenteral nutrition. All patients had persisten...

OBJECTIVE Almost half of all hospitalized patients are malnourished with low physician awareness or implementation of nutrition support. To address this problem, a 2-day immersion course in clinical nutrition for physicians was developed by the Latin American Federation of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (FELANPE) with support from Abbott Laboratories. The goal of Total Nutritional Therapy (TN...

Introduction: Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) improves quality of life, allowing patients to receive nutrition at home and providing a social and labor integration to these patients. Objective: To assess the direct costs of HPN in adult population in Spain. Methods: A literature review of the records of HPN in Spain, carry out by NADYA-SENPE Group (years 2007-2014), was performed. The analysis...

In 1279 very premature or very low birthweight infants the use and duration of treatment with total parenteral nutrition were associated with short gestational age and low birth weight. Infants treated with total parenteral nutrition had a higher risk of sepsis usually caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis or Staphylococcus aureus.

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...