Nutritional Status of Very Elderly Outpatients with Heart Failure and Its Influence on Prognosis.

Background/objectives: Malnutrition has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality in elderly patients diagnosed with heart failure (HF). However, nutritional problems are underdiagnosed in these patients. This study aimed to analyse malnutrition prevalence in elderly HF patients and its impact on survival.

Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in medical students.

Objective: The protective effect of the Mediterranean Diet (MeDi) is undisputed. However, adherence to MeDi has decreased in recent years, particularly in young people. The aim of this study was to evaluate adherence to MeDi in medical students and to assess the influence of knowledge acquisition as well as other factors on dietary compliance.

Portal thrombosis in a patient with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

The digestive manifestations of a SARS-CoV-2 infection are varied and nonspecific. The appearance of portal thrombosis in these patients is very rare. Facing a patient with a diagnosis of acute portal thrombosis, we must rule out that the trigger is an intra-abdominal infectious process.

[Constitutional syndrome: clinical entity or a mixed bag].

Fatigue, anorexia and involuntary weight loss have been included under the term constitutional syndrome. These manifestations accompany many diseases in which the diagnosis is made by specific symptoms and signs. However, these events are generally the main reason for consultation and the patient does not report other specific data.