Effect of three different doses of arginine enhanced enteral nutrition on nutritional status and outcomes in well nourished postsurgical cancer patients: a randomized single blinded prospective trial.

Objective: Patients with head and neck cancer undergoing surgery have a high occurrence of postoperative complications. The aim of our study was to investigate whether postoperative nutrition of head and neck cancer patients, using an enhanced enteral formula with three different doses of arginine could improve nutritional variables as well as clinical outcome, depending of arginine dose.

Patients And Methods: A population of 84 patients with oral and laryngeal cancer was enrolled.

Clinical effects of a hypercaloric and hyperproteic oral suplemment enhanced with W3 fatty acids and dietary fiber in postsurgical ambulatory head and neck cancer patients.

Background: Patients with head and neck cancer undergoing surgery have a high risk of nutritional complications.

Objective: The aim of our study was to investigate the influence of a hypercaloric and hyperproteic oral supplement enriched with w3 FATTY ACIDS and fiber in clinical parameters in head and neck tumor postsurgical ambulatory patients with or without radiotherapy.

Design: A population of 37 ambulatory postsurgical patients with oral and laryngeal cancer was enrolled.

Clinical effects of a w3 enhanced powdered nutritional formula in postsurgical ambulatory head and neck cancer patients.

Background: Patients with head and neck cancer undergoing surgery have a high risk of nutritional complications.

Objective: The aim of our study was to investigate the influence of an oral w3 enriched immunoenhanced powdered formula in nutritional and biochemical parameters in postsurgical ambulatory patients with head and neck tumor.

Design: A population of 33 ambulatory postsurgical patients with oral and laryngeal cancer was enrolled.

A randomized clinical trial with two doses of an enteral diabetes-specific suplements in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus type 2.

Objectives: The aim of our study was to investigate whether two different daily doses of a high monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) specific diabetes enteral formula could improve nutritional variables as well as metabolic parameters.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a randomized, open-label, multicenter, parallel group study. 27 patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 with recent weight loss were randomized to one of two study groups: group 1 (two cans per day) and group 2 (three cans per day) for a ten week period.

Association of anthropometric and biochemical markers with length of stay and mortality in the hospital.

Introduction: Malnutrition is associated with patient outcome, hospital stay and costs. The objective of our study was evaluated the relationship of different anthropometric and biochemical nutritional markers with hospital stance (days) and mortality.

Patients And Methods: A sample of 3087 hospitalized patients in a Universitary Hospital was enrolled.