PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe prevalence, duration, severity, and distress of chemotherapy-related gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, and evaluate inclusion of clinically relevant GI symptom items on cancer symptom questionnaires.
. DESIGN Longitudinal descriptive design.
. SETTING Inpatient and outpatient hematology settings.
. SAMPLE 105 adults with a hematologic malignancy receiving thei...

BACKGROUND & AIMS The role of diet glycemic index (GI) in the control of orexigenic and anorexigenic factors of the energy balance is still not clear. The present study aimed to assess whether the habitual diet, according to different GI foods, exerts influence on regulation of energy balance markers and the effects of interdisciplinary intervention in obese adolescents. METHODS A total of 55...

Koronavirüs hastalığı 2019(COVID 19) etkilenen hasta sayısının artması ile birlikte hastalık farklı tutulumlarla karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Gastrointestinal (Gİ) tutulumlar da, gerek erişkinde çocuklarda görülen atipik tutulumlardandır. Hatta bazı olgular, hiçbir pulmoner tutulum olmadan sadece Gİ tutulumla bile başvurabilmektedir. Çocuk vakalarda ilk zamanlarda hafif etkilenme olduğu bildirilmiş o...

The development of lower-glycaemic index (GI) foods requires simple, palatable and healthy strategies. The objective of the present study was to determine the most effective dose of a novel viscous fibre supplement (PGX®) to be added to starchy foods to reduce their GI. Healthy subjects (n 10) consumed glucose sugar (50 g in water × 3) and six starchy foods with a range of GI values (52-72) alo...

Background: The role of dietary glycemic index (GI) and dietary glycemic load (GL) on metabolic syndrome (MetS) in youth populations remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association among dietary GI, dietary GL, and MetS and its components in Mexican adolescents. Methods: This study was conducted within the framework of the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012,...

BACKGROUND Data available on the effect of quality (glycemic index [GI]) and quantity (glycemic load [GL]) of carbohydrates on the risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are inconsistent. The objective of this study was to examine the association between dietary GI, GL, and CVD risk factors among Tehranian adults, the participants of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study. METHODS This popu...

OBJECTIVE To develop a candidate definition for central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) in neonates with presumed mucosal barrier injury due to gastrointestinal (MBI-GI) conditions and to evaluate epidemiology and microbiology of MBI-GI CLABSI in infants. DESIGN Multicenter retrospective cohort study. SETTING Neonatal intensive care units from 14 US children's hospitals and p...

AIM To unravel relationships between gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms impairing quality of life (QOL) and clinical profiles of diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. METHODS We enrolled 134 outpatients with type 2 DM. Mean age was 64.7 years, mean body mass index was 24.7 kg/m2, mean glycated hemoglobin was 7.1%, and mean DM duration was 13.7 years. GI symptom-related QOL was determined using the Izu...