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Social and Economic Factors and Malnutrition or the Risk of Malnutrition in the Elderly: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies

Nutrients, 2020
Malnutrition in the elderly could be tackled by addressing socioeconomic factors. This study aimed to determine the magnitude of the relationship between socioeconomic factors and the malnutrition or malnutrition risk (MR) in the elderly.
M. Besora-Moreno, E. Llauradó, L. Tarro, R. Solà   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Relationship between chronic diseases and diet in older persons in nursing homes

Geriatric Care, 2020
This study aimed to determine the relationship between chronic diseases and nutrition in the older adults in a nursing home. In 2014 and 2019, we investigated older people aged 60 years and over living in a nursing home in Izmir and who agreed to ...
Melahat Kizil, Kamile Nazan Turhan, Ramazan Kizil, Nursun Ustunkarli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the impact of the introduction of the World Health Organization growth standards and weight-for-height z-score criterion on the response to treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children: Secondary data analysis [PDF]

, 2009
OBJECTIVE: The objective of our study was to assess the impact of adopting the World Health Organization growth standards and weight-for-height z-score criterion on the response to treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children compared with the use ...
Grais, R, Isanaka, S, Shepherd, S, Villamor, E   +3 more
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Early‐Onset Versus Late‐Onset LGI1‐Antibody Encephalitis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Leucine‐rich glioma‐inactivated 1 antibody (LGI1‐Ab) encephalitis predominantly affected older individuals, but has also been reported in younger patients. However, the demographic, clinical, and prognostic characteristics of early‐onset LGI1‐Ab encephalitis have yet to be systematically elucidated. This study aims to systematically
Yu Kong, Shasha Yu, Jing Zhang, Yu Zu, Yujing Zhang, Jing Lv, Xuyang Cao, Xuedan Feng   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical and microbiological characteristics of healthcare-associated infections in a tertiary care pediatric hospital

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette, 2017
Background and aim: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are an important cause of prolonged hospital stay. This study was conducted to assess the incidence, causative organisms and risk factors of HAIs in pediatric patients. Subjects and methods: Our
Rasha H. Hassan, Heba Eldegla, Fikry Elmorsy, Waleed M. Eldars   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Severe malnutrition in children presenting to health facilities in an urban slum in Bangladesh [PDF]

, 2012
SETTING: An urban slum in Kamrangirchar, Bangladesh. OBJECTIVES: Among children aged 6–59 months seeking medical care from the two Médecins Sans Frontières-supported primary health centres, to determine 1) the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition (SAM)
Alders, P, Ali, E, Allaouna, M, Delchevalerie, P, Draguez, B, Enarson, D A, Harries, A D, Manzi, M, Satyanarayana, S, Shams, Z, Van den Bergh, R, Vernaeve, L, Zachariah, R   +12 more
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Understanding Development of Malnutrition in Hemodialysis Patients: A Narrative Review

Nutrients, 2020
Hemodialysis (HD) majorly represents the global treatment option for patients with chronic kidney disease stage 5, and, despite advances in dialysis technology, these patients face a high risk of morbidity and mortality from malnutrition.
S. Sahathevan, B. Khor, H. Ng, A. H. Abdul Gafor, Zulfitri 'Azuan Mat Daud, D. Mafra, T. Karupaiah   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Frailty Exacerbates Disability in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To evaluate frailty in severe progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) and to investigate the underlying mechanisms. Methods This prospective, cross‐sectional, multicenter study enrolled a late severe PMS group requiring skilled nursing (n = 53) and an age, sex, and disease duration‐matched control PMS group (n = 53).
Taylor R. Wicks, Anna Wolska, Diala Ghazal, Dejan Jakimovski, Bianca Weinstock‐Guttman, Alexander Burnham, Niels Bergsland, Michael G. Dwyer, Alan T. Remaley, Robert Zivadinov, Murali Ramanathan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zinc levels in severe eating disorders

Journal of Eating Disorders
Purpose Severe eating and feeding disorders including Anorexia Nervosa of both restricting (AN-R) and binge-purge (AN-BP) subtypes and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) lead to multiple macronutrient and micronutrient deficiencies ...
Kara Leach, Dan V. Blalock, Judy Oakes, Melanie Hebert, Marina Foster, Philip S. Mehler   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in People with Eating Disorders and the Acute Effect of Different Interventions – A Retrospective Cohort Study

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology
Background: Studies suggest that there is an association between eating disorders and pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD), although the contribution of PFD toward symptomatology and interventions to improve these symptoms in the eating disorder population is ...
Monica Williams, Dan Blalock, Marina Foster, Philip S. Mehler, Dennis Gibson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source