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Immune Dysfunction as a Cause and Consequence of Malnutrition

open access: yesTrends in Immunology, 2016
Claire D Bourke   +2 more
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Screening for malnutrition

Nursing Standard, 1999
This article recommends that screening for malnutrition is used in both primary care and hospital settings. The authors also outline how nurses are ideally placed to screen patients for evidence of malnutrition and to offer first line nutritional advice and care.
Jill Ward, Hazel Rollins
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Polypharmacy and malnutrition

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 2013
Malnutrition and polypharmacy increase with age and polymorbidity and their relationship is based on a number of mechanisms. The occurrence of malnutrition in both in-patients and out-patients and its dependence on polymorbidity and age are well known, but the interrelation of polypharmacy and malnutrition has been far less investigated.
Jiri Vlcek   +3 more
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Nutriepigenomics and Malnutrition

Epigenomics, 2017
Epigenetics is defined as the modulation of gene expression without changes to the underlying DNA sequence. Epigenetic alterations, as a consequence of in utero malnutrition, may play a role in susceptibility to develop adulthood diseases and inheritance.
Valérie Marcil   +6 more
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Malnutrition in AIDS

Medical Clinics of North America, 1993
Malnutrition, weight loss, and chronic diarrhea are common findings in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and many traditional and nontraditional dietary approaches have been suggested. This article examines the mechanisms and pathophysiology of wasting in HIV, and the evidence for malnutrition of protein, energy, and ...
Donald M. Thea, Gerald T. Keusch
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Review article: malnutrition/sarcopenia and frailty in patients with cirrhosis

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2019
Malnutrition/sarcopenia and frailty are common in patients with cirrhosis and are associated with poor outcomes.
C. Bunchorntavakul, K. Reddy
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The picture of malnutrition

Geriatric Nursing, 1989
W e worry a lot about the nutrition of elders. Some studies estimate that as many as 85 percent of elders in nursing homes and hospitals are malnourished(l). This doesn't mean that we're deliberately starving the elderly, but it illustrates the ultimate outcome of forgetting to eat or being too tired to eat. The outcome? More fatigue, greater confusion,
openaire   +3 more sources

Malnutrition and Fecundity

Studies in Family Planning, 1980
The current hypothesis that malnutrition impairs fecundity has recently been challenged by a number of investigations that examined the nutrition fecundity link. The controversy is important because of the potential implications for food aid programs for developing countries. If improving nutrition improves increases birth rates this would exacerbate
openaire   +3 more sources

Treatment of malnutrition

The Lancet, 1995
W.N Schofield   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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