Numerous field and clinical observations and the results of many experimental studies have shown that nutritional deficiencies and infections in both human beings and experimental animals may be interrelated (1-4), Often, there appears to be a heightened susceptibility to infection on the part of the host (5-10). No complete explanation for this is available. The present investigation was desig...

Prevalences of malnutrition and overweight among children under five years and its association with socioeconomic, demographic and health indicators were estimated for the six largest municipalities of Maranhão, in 2006/2007. By means of a household survey, a sample of 1214 children under five years of age was randomly selected. Two-stage cluster sampling was used, representing the six municipa...

Acute phase proteins enhance antioxidant defenses; they are involved in the activation of complement components, opsonization and increase in platelet aggregation as well as inhibition of the respiratory burst in the course of inflammation. Malnutrition plays an important role in the course of response of acute phase proteins. The role of nutrients as antioxidants or as key components of antiox...

Kidney diseases are the ninth leading cause of death in the USA. In these patients cardiovascular mortality is greater than in the general population. This observation, not completely explained by the so-called 'traditional' cardiovascular risk factors, lead the authors to postulate other 'emerging' ones found in chronic renal failure patients. Among these new findings, nutritional status, cons...

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pathology increases catabolism and depletes the protein stores, causing malnutrition. However, nutrition assessment in COVID-19 is often overlooked current pandemic. The Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score a validated to assess nutritional status hospitalized patients. objective of study was estimate malnutrition among adult patients with...

The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome (MICS) and determine sensitivity and specificity of MICS markers in hemodialysis (HD) patients depending on volume status. The study included 124 patients undergoing adequate HD. The patients were distributed based on IDWG (interdialytic weight gain)/DBW (dry body weight) and IDWG/ TBW (total body w...

Middle molecules can be defined as compounds with a molecular weight (MW) above 500 Da. An even broader definition includes those molecules that do not cross the membranes of standard low-flux dialyzers, not only because of molecular weight, but also because of protein binding and/or multicompartmental behavior. Recently, several of these middle molecules have been linked to the increased tende...

BACKGROUND Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) is an α-glycoprotein synthesized in the liver. Its serum level decreases in many clinical conditions such as acute and chronic liver damage, inflammation, injury and infections, and malnutrition. METHODS AND RESULTS This review collects the main evidence on the emerging role of butyrylcholinesterase as a prognostic marker of liver and nonliver diseases ...

AIM To identify malnourishment of surgical and oncologic patients or those at risk of becoming malnourished at four hospital centers in Croatia by use of nutritional screening questionnaire developed specifically for the purpose of this study. METHOD The study included 1639 adult patients: 1475 scheduled for various surgical treatments and 164 oncologic patients receiving primary or adjuvant ...