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Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Background Nursing and healthcare‐associated pneumonia (NHCAP) is defined as pneumonia occurring in individuals with frequent healthcare contact, such as residents of care facilities or patients with impaired activities of daily living. The effectiveness of broad‐spectrum antibiotics in treating NHCAP remains unclear.
Jumpei Taniguchi +4 more
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Evaluation of nutritional adequacy and length of stay in elderly patients on parenteral nutrition: a retrospective study at Universitas Airlangga Hospital [PDF]
PharmaciaMalnutrition in geriatric patients can impact morbidity through impaired wound healing, increased risk of infection, and complications. Increased morbidity contributes to higher mortality, longer and more intensive treatment, and prolonged hospital ...
Yulistiani +4 more
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End-stage head and neck cancer: coping mechanism [PDF]
, 2017 Coping mechanisms are patients’ means of adapting to stressful situations and involve psychological and physical changes in behavior. Patients adapt to head and neck cancer in a variety of ways.
Berteşteanu, Serban V.G. +3 more
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Low‐value glucose monitoring in noncritically ill hospitalized patients
Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Background Inpatient routine point‐of‐care glucose (POC‐G) monitoring is common given association of persistent hyperglycemia with increase in morbidity and mortality. However, some patients receive frequent fingerstick testing without needing insulin to reach glycemic targets.
Niloofar Latifi +8 more
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Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, EarlyView.Abstract Background Children with intestinal failure are at risk for kidney dysfunction; however, the contributing factors are not well established. We aimed to describe risk factors associated with glomerular and tubular renal dysfunction in children with intestinal failure.
Amanda M. Braga da Mata +7 more
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Why is the skeleton still in the hospital closet? A look at the complex aetiology of protein-energy malnutrition and its implications for the nutrition care team [PDF]
, 2018 Extract: The acknowledgement of protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) as one of “…the most serious nutritional problems of our time” was actually made by Dr Butterworth Jr in 1974 in his seminal article, “the skeleton in the hospital closet” (1).
Marshall, S.
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Parenteral Nutrition and Intestinal Failure
Nutrients, 2017 Severe short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a major cause of chronic (Type 3) intestinal failure (IF) where structural and functional changes contribute to malabsorption and risk of micronutrient deficiencies.
B. Bielawska, J. Allard
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Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, EarlyView.Abstract Background This study aimed to characterize the distribution of nutrition status and nutrition risk stratification in critically ill children undergoing mechanical ventilation and to evaluate the association of nutrition risk with their clinical outcomes.
Ning Li +6 more
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In-hospital parenteral nutrition use: A cohort study of administrative and computational challenges
Clinical Nutrition Open ScienceSummary: Background & aims: Parenteral nutrition is a vital modality administered to patients with gastrointestinal tracts unable to support sufficient nutritional intake.
Marc Romain +7 more
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