The prevalence of kidney stones is climbing in the United States. Several investigators have demonstrated an association between metabolic syndrome and kidney stones and some have proposed a causal link. Risk factors for nephrolithiasis can be identified with a 24-hour urine collection and preventive measures can be customized to meet the needs of individual patients. Dietary and pharmacologic ...

Tracheostomies are used to provide artificial airways for increasingly complex patients for a variety of indications. Patients and their families are dependent on knowledgeable multidisciplinary staff, including medical, nursing, respiratory physiotherapy and speech and language therapy staff, dieticians and psychologists, from a wide range of specialty backgrounds. There is increasing evidence...

OBJECTIVE The objective was 2-fold: (1) to evaluate the feasibility and value of developing a Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) subcommittee aimed at scientifically evaluating complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) products for an integrated managed care organization (IMCO) and (2) to assess provider acceptance and usefulness of a CAM guide. METHODS Three factors drove the decision to for...

Rationale. Many cancer patients and survivors do not meet nutritional and physical activity guidelines, thus healthier eating and greater levels of physical activity could have considerable benefits for these individuals. While research has investigated cancer survivors' perspective on their challenges in meeting the nutrition and physical guidelines, little research has examined how health pro...

BackgroundThis practical guideline is based on the current scientific ESPEN guidelines nutrition in cancer patients.MethodsESPEN have been shortened and transformed into flow charts for easier use clinical practice. The dedicated to all professionals including physicians, dieticians, nutritionists nurses working with patients cancer.ResultsA total of 43 recommendations are presented short comme...

Celiac disease is a multi-organ disorder which is highly variable in its clinical expression, presenting multiple enteric and extraintestinal manifestations. However, most of treating physicians and dieticians regard celiac disease as a chronic, gradually evolving, asymptomatic or hypo-symptomatic entity. The present mini-review aims to screen the literature for acute presentations of celiac di...