Meeting Calorie and Protein Needs in the Critical Care Unit: A Prospective Observational Pilot Study
Background: Inadequate calorie and protein intake during critical illness is associated with poor clinical outcomes. Unfortunately, most critically ill patients do not consume adequate levels of these nutrients.
Shinobu Yamamoto +5 more
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Optimal distribution and utilization of donated human breast milk: a novel approach [PDF]
Background: The nutritional content of donated expressed breast milk (DEBM) is variable. Using DEBM to provide for the energy requirements of neonates is challenging.
Barnett, Debbie +6 more
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Early outcomes of gastrostomy feeding in paediatric allogenic bone marrow transplantation: A retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Background: Nutrition support is an essential component of care for a child undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Enteral nutrition (EN) is becoming increasingly recognised as having advantages over parenteral nutrition (PN) and recommended as ...
Andersen +35 more
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Determining optimal outcome measures in a trial investigating no routine gastric residual volume measurement in critically ill children [PDF]
Background Choosing trial outcome measures is important. When outcomes are not clinically relevant or important to parents/patients, trial evidence is less likely to be implemented into practice.
Andrzejewska, Izabela +16 more
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Oxalate Content of Enteral Nutrition Formulas
ABSTRACTObjectives:Patients requiring oral and/or enteral nutrition support, delivered via nasogastric, gastric, or intestinal routes, have a relatively high incidence of calcium oxalate (CaOx) kidney stones. Nutrition formulas are frequently made from corn and/or or soy, both of which contain ample oxalate.
Kristina L, Penniston +6 more
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Capsular profiling of the Cronobacter genus and the association of specific Cronobacter sakazakii and C. malonaticus capsule types with neonatal meningitis and necrotizing enterocolitis [PDF]
Background: Cronobacter sakazakii and C. malonaticus can cause serious diseases especially in infants where they are associated with rare but fatal neonatal infections such as meningitis and necrotising enterocolitis.
A Lehner +57 more
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Effect of Oral Nutritional Supplements with Sucromalt and Isomaltulose versus Standard Formula on Glycaemic Index, Entero-Insular Axis Peptides and Subjective Appetite in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomised Cross-Over Study [PDF]
Oral diabetes-specific nutritional supplements (ONS-D) induce favourable postprandial responses in subjects with type 2 diabetes (DM2), but they have not been correlated yet with incretin release and subjective appetite (SA).
Angarita Dávila, Lisse Chiquinquira +10 more
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Dietary Protein Intake and Peritoneal Protein Losses in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients lose protein in their waste dialysate, potentially increasing their risk for malnutrition. We wished to determine whether there was any association between losses and dietary protein intake (DPI). Methods DPI was assessed from 24‐h dietary recall using Nutrics software.
Haalah Shaaker, Andrew Davenport
wiley +1 more source
Regionally acquired intestinal failure data suggest an underestimate in national service requirements [PDF]
Objectives, setting and patients: With complete case referral for prolonged parenteral nutrition (PN) beyond term equivalent, serving a stable population of 1.25 million people, we describe the long-term outcome and survival of patients referred to an ...
Barclay, Andrew +9 more
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BackgroundAlthough enteral nutrition has become one of the standard therapies for patients with acute pancreatitis, the optimal formulae for enteral nutrition have been under debate.
A. Endo +4 more
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