[SOME CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF THE IMPACT FACTOR OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS].

The reason of higher number of citations of some articles is discussed. Some considerations about the journals' impact factor, its merits and its pitfalls are also made. Scientific journals' impact factor, popularized by the Institute for Scientific Information, has become an objective parameter for authors' evaluation and also for institutions and other related circumstances.

[THE TEN MOST CITED ARTICLES OF THE JOURNAL "NUTRICION HOSPITALARIA"].

After 36 years of continued publication of the journal Nutrición Hospitalaria, a list with the ten most cited articles published in it is elaborated. The top ten most cited articles in the world literature and stratification according to language, English or Spanish, subject, or period of time published are also analyzed. Nutr Hosp is the most important Ibero latin American nutrition journal.

[FIXING DEVICE FOR CLOSING AND COUPLING AN INTRAVENOUS CATHETER].

Introduction: skin fixing devices in peripheral, central or arterial catheters have several important drawbacks: site infection, stacking of material in the anatomical area which is very annoying for the patient and medical staff risk when fixating stitches are used.

Objective: to develop a fixing device that simplifies presently used systems, favoring asepsis and motility.

Methods: the device herein described is composed by a mechanical fixation, a closing system and coupling for intravenous catheters.

[NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS].

Introduction: neurodegenerative diseases cause changes in the level of consciousness or swallowing mechanisms that often necessitate a specialized nutritional support.

Objective: review the risk of malnutrition and its treatment in patients with cerebral vascular disease, Parkinson's disease, dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Development: degenerative neurological diseases are one of the main indications for nutritional support in our country.

Malnutrition, pharmaconutrition and other considerations in AL amyloidosis, a rare disease with masquerading symptoms and usually delayed diagnosis.

Amyloid Light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is a very rare disease. Nutritional and pharmaconutrional aspects are described. Nutrition repletion of malnourished AL patients is an essential strategy for improving treatment efficacy and clinical outcomes.