Nutritional status assessment in hospitalised children is a critical component of paediatric care, as malnutrition is strongly associated with adverse clinical outcomes such as extended hospital stays ...

The prognosis was worse in patients with basic dementia or Alzheimers disease as well as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma. A new study has found a correlation between poor nutritional ...

A comprehensive review assessed the ways that proper nutrition could help reduce the adverse effects of hepatic encephalopathy in patients with hepatic encephalopathy. A recent review published in the ...

Human body composition measurements such as fat and fat-free mass play a critical role in qualifying health and nutritional status, the impact of disease, and change due to nutritional, therapeutic, ...

A prospective cohort (N = 126) collected clinical data over a 2-year period. Collection of IIPAN's nutritional services received during treatment and clinical data were abstracted from medical charts ...

Credit: Getty Images A full nutrition assessment must be undertaken and, from there, appropriate interventions can be developed and monitored for improved health outcomes. Albumin may be informative ...

A phase III randomized prospective trial of the effect of psychotherapy on distress in 287 prostate cancer patients: A URCC CCOP Study Severely malnourished 112 21.9 (14.8) 19.2–24.8 No significant ...

A substantial proportion of patients hospitalised with chronic heart failure (HF) were at risk for malnutrition, which was associated with elevated odds of frailty — and frailty, in turn, was linked ...

Socioeconomic status, nutritional knowledge, physical fitness, physical activity level, food choice and preference, and healthy eating behaviour had no significant influence on the accuracy of ...

This paper, written by HelpAge International, VALID International and Brixton Health looks at the field trial in an urban setting of the Rapid Assessment Method for Older People (RAM-OP) to assess ...

How nutrition therapy supports recovery, rehabilitation, and quality of life in patients with chronic critical illness and ...