Publications by authors named "L Botero"
Few studies have analyzed the role of the lung microbiome in the diagnosis of pulmonary coinfection in ventilated ICU COVID-19 patients. We characterized the lung microbiota in COVID-19 patients with severe pneumonia on invasive mechanical ventilation using full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing and established its relationship with coinfections, mortality, and the need for mechanical ventilation for more than 7 days. This study included 67 COVID-19 ICU patients.
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- - The study investigates factors affecting oral intake in hospitalized patients who have been admitted for over 14 days, aiming to identify barriers and enablers of dietary behavior.
- - Conducted through semi-structured interviews with 21 patients at a Brisbane hospital, it categorizes participants into those with adequate/improved intake and those with poor/decreased intake based on a theoretical framework.
- - Six main themes emerged: self-determination to eat, nutrition impact symptoms, foodservice processes, nutrition-related knowledge, social support, and emotions; patients with better intake showed more motivation, knowledge, and optimism, while those with poor intake faced various emotional and nutritional barriers.
Aims: To explore adult inpatients' perceptions, understanding and preferences regarding the term 'malnutrition' and to identify the terms that adult inpatients report are used by themselves and health workers to describe malnutrition.
Design: This qualitative study was conducted using data collected for a separate qualitative study that investigated factors that influence the dietary intake of long-stay, acute adult inpatients.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of current inpatients.
Background And Aims: Hospital malnutrition is associated with higher healthcare costs and worse outcomes. Only a few prospective studies have evaluated trends in nutritional status during an acute stay, but these studies were limited by the short timeframe between nutrition assessments. The aim of this study was to investigate changes in nutritional status, incidence of hospital-acquired malnutrition (HAM), and the associated risk factors and outcomes in acute adult patients admitted for >14 days.
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