A study to assess the impact of medical nutrition therapy compared to standard nutrition therapy in children with severe thinness in the age group of 5 to 10 years.

Aim: The aim of our study was to study and compare the impact and efficacy of medical nutrition therapy (MNT) with that of the standard nutrition therapy(SNT) in children diagnosed with Severe thiness in the age group of 5-10 years and diagnosed as severely thin.

Study Design: It was a prospective comparative study, conducted over a period of 18 months at the Nutrition Rehabilitation, Research and Training Centre (NRRTC) associated with a tertiary care hospital in India.

Methods And Materials: A total of 113 children in the age group of 5 to 10 years with severe thinness were enrolled and divided into 2 groups-58 were placed in the MNT group and 55 in the SNT group for a period of 8 weeks.

Efficacy of ready-to-use therapeutic food in malnourished children with cancer: Results of a randomized, open-label phase 3 trial.

Background: The adverse influence of undernutrition in children with cancer may be remediated by early nutritional intervention. This study assessed the efficacy of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) in improving nutritional status and reducing treatment-related toxicities (TRTs) in such children.

Methods: In a randomized controlled phase-3 open-label trial, severely and moderately undernourished children with cancer were randomized 1:1 to receive standard nutritional therapy (SNT) or SNT+RUTF for 6 weeks.

Indigenously Prepared Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) in Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition.

Objective: To compare efficacy of indigenous Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food (Medical Nutrition Therapy) with Standard Nutrition Therapy in children with Severe acute malnutrition.

Design: Two facility-based and two community-based models: (i) Open prospective randomized controlled trial comparing Indigenous Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food (Medical Nutrition Therapy) with Standard Nutrition Therapy; (ii) Only Indigenous Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food (Medical Nutrition Therapy); (iii) Doorstep Child Care Centre; and (iv) Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition.

Setting: (i) Urban Health Center, Dharavi, Mumbai; (ii) Two day care centers of Non-governmental Organization SNEHA - Mumbai; (iii) Urban slums, M East and L Ward, Mumbai.

Sustaining a "culture of silence" in the neonatal intensive care unit during nonemergency situations: a grounded theory on ensuring adherence to behavioral modification to reduce noise levels.

The aim of this study was to generate a substantive theory explaining how the staff in a resource-limited neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a developing nation manage to ensure adherence to behavioral modification components of a noise reduction protocol (NsRP) during nonemergency situations. The study was conducted after implementation of an NsRP in a level III NICU of south India. The normal routine of the NICU is highly dynamic because of various categories of staff conducting clinical rounds followed by care-giving activities.