BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES There is no evidence on the most effective nutritional screening tool for hospitalized children. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a pediatric nutritional screening tool to assess undernutrition risk upon hospital admission. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN The study had a two-phase prospective observational design. A novel pediatric nutritional screeni...

The overall aim of this thesis was to develop, test and use a simple, clinically useful instrument for the nutritional screening of older patients. Four studies were performed, with a quantitative approach, in a geriatric rehabilitation ward in western Sweden. The number of patients who participated was: 56 (I), 114 (II), 147 (III) and 144 (IV) older patients. A nutritional screening instrument...

Nuclear receptors (NRs) constitute an important class of drug targets. We created the most exhaustive NR-focused benchmarking database to date, the NRLiSt BDB (NRs ligands and structures benchmarking database). The 9905 compounds and 339 structures of the NRLiSt BDB are ready for structure-based and ligand-based virtual screening. In the present study, we detail the protocol used to generate th...

AIMS To assess nutritional risk of alcoholic patients admitted for alcohol detoxification. METHODS Screening of nutritional risk of alcoholic patients using the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool. RESULTS Fifty-three percentage patients at presentation were rated as being at medium or high risk of malnutrition. CONCLUSION Malnutrition should be actively considered and screened for in a...

Introduction: The disease-related malnutrition is considered a serious problem since it strongly related to higher mortality rates, longer hospital stays, and increased costs for medical care. A highly associated risk factor has been the decreased oral intake during stay; however, use of nutritional supplements allows heal burden having positive results. Objective: To evaluate effect 4 days in ...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition among inpatients is highly prevalent, and has a negative impact on their clinical outcome. The Working Group for the Study of Malnutrition in Hospitals in Catalonia was created to generate consensus guidelines for the prevention and/or treatment of malnutrition in hospitals in Catalonia, Spain. AIMS The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence of malnut...

The primary outcome measure is VAS, yet the screening measure is NRS. Is there a particular reason for this difference in screening tools?

BACKGROUND Although commonly observed, malnutrition is poorly characterized and frequently underdiagnosed in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The ability of nutritional screening tools to predict overall survival (OS) in patients with RCC has not been adequately validated. The objective of this study was to investigate the performance of nutritional screening tools and their...

Background: Malnutrition in hospitalized elderly patients is common and often unrecognized. Undernourished elderly tend to have longer periods of illness, longer hospital stay, higher rate of infections, delayed wound healing, reduced appetite and increased mortality rates. Nutrition screening is the first step in identifying individuals at nutritional risk and with malnutrition. ‘Mini Nutritio...