PURPOSE Determining the prevalence of and possible reasons for nonattendance of diabetic nutritional care clinics. METHODS Data were collected by means of a telephone survey and a review of patient records among 293 (166 attendees and 127 nonattendees) patients undergoing outpatient treatment at a university hospital. The t-tests, chi-square tests and logistic regression analysis were used to...

Objective: Early and sufficient nutritional support is vital to improve outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury. This study aims to determine the effects of dietitian involvement in the nutritional and clinical outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injuries admitted to the neurosurgical ICU. Materials & Methods: Forty eight male patients with traumatic brain injuries admitted to P...

fasting is a common practice among people with diabetes (pwd). as healthcare providers we are in a position to assist those who choose to fast to manage their diabetes effectively. diabetes self-management education for pwd is needed both prior and during the time of fasting to best metabolic control.

THIS STUDY AIMS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF A TRAINED DEDICATED DIETITIAN ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES AMONG LEBANESE HEMODIALYSIS (HD) PATIENTS: and thus demonstrate a viable developing country model. This paper describes the study protocol and baseline data. The study was a multicenter randomized controlled trial with parallel-group design involving 12 HD units: assigned to cluster A (n = 6) or B (n =...