Background: Malnutrition is responsible for one third of the mortality rate among children less than 5 years old. Worldwide, 54% of the child deaths are due to malnutrition and the caseload in Pakistan is equal to 46%. In the current study, we attempted to identify the possible risk factors related to malnutrition among6-59-month children in Pakpattan, Punjab province. Methods: A total of 500 s...

Abstract Background and Aims Malnutrition often coexists with inflammation atherosclerosis is associated adverse clinical outcomes in dialysis patients. However, both prevalence prognostic significance of preexisting malnutrition patients peripheral artery disease (PAD) referred for endovascular therapy are not well known. Method A prospective cohort 395 undergoing PAD between 2005 2019 was stu...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of malnutrition in outpatients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) followed at a respiratory clinic. MATERIAL AND METHOD In this prospective study, we assessed the nutritional status of consecutive outpatients with stable COPD by investigating various anthropometric parameters. Patients were malnourished (low body weight) if their bod...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the nutritional status of patients before and after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and explore optimal methods for assessing nutritional status in patients with hematological diseases. METHODS This cohort study enrolled 170 patients who were diagnosed with hematological diseases and underwent allogeneic HSCT in the Department of Hematology, Peking Uni...

RATIONALE Hospital malnutrition is a global health problem affecting 30-50% of hospitalized patients. There are no estimates of the size of this problem in Ecuadorian hospitals. Hospital malnutrition might influence the quality of medical assistance provided to hospitalized populations. OBJECTIVES To estimate the current frequency of malnutrition among patients admitted to Ecuadorian public h...

BACKGROUND Older people suffering from dementia are at increased risk of malnutrition due to various nutritional problems, and the question arises which interventions are effective in maintaining adequate nutritional intake and nutritional status in the course of the disease. It is of further interest whether supplementation of energy and/or specific nutrients is able to prevent further cogniti...

PURPOSE With their prolonged survival and malnutrition, cancer patients, and especially gastrointestinal (GI) tract cancer patients, can develop Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE). The aim of this study is to remind physicians of the importance of WE and prompt management in patients with GI tract cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study is a retrospective review of 2 cases of WE in advanced gast...

introduction: ulcerative colitis (uc) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the colon of unknown cause that is associated with important nutrition deficiencies such as protein-energy malnutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies. because no study has been carried out to date in iran, the aim of this pilot study was the assessment of dietary intake of these patients. methods: in this pilot stud...