Appetite disorders in cancer patients: Impact on nutritional status and quality of life.

Cancer patients are at high risk of malnutrition due to several symptoms such as lack of appetite. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of different appetite disorders in cancer patients and their influence on dietary intake, nutritional status, and quality of life. We conducted a cross-sectional study of cancer patients at risk of malnutrition.

A comparative study between the implementation of the FRIDEX calibration and the NOGG guideline in the management of osteoporosis in routine clinical practice.

Objective: The recent FRIDEX calibration proposed cost-effectiveness thresholds for the Spanish population. The aim of our study is to evaluate the impact of its application in routine clinical practice and to compare its thresholds with those of the National Osteoporosis Guideline Group (NOGG).

Material And Methods: Cross-sectional study in women referred to a bone densitometry unit who were not receiving antiresorptive therapy.

Prolonged fasting with fluid therapy is related to poorer outcomes in medical patients.

Background And Objective: An inadequate fluid therapy can worsen the outcomes of surgical patients, but there are no data in medical patients. The aim of this study was to determine the adequacy of fluid therapy in hospitalised patients of medical wards, and its influence on outcomes.

Methods: Cross-sectional study including nil-per-os patients admitted in medical wards of the Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León.