Comparison of n-3 PUFA-Enriched vs. Olive-Oil-Based Lipid Emulsion on Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Response in Critically Ill Post-Surgery Adults: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Malnutrition in critically ill patients represents a major concern as it can lead to adverse outcomes including increased morbidity and mortality. These patients exhibit an impaired immune response accompanied by increased oxidative stress. Nutritional support, including parenteral nutrition (PN), is critical in these patients.

[Effectiveness and safety of two lipid emulsions for parenteral nutrition in postsurgical critically ill patients: Clinoleic® versus SMOFlipid®].

Introduction: a lipid emulsion (LE) may result in different immunomodulatory effects depending on its fatty acid composition. LEs enriched with fish oil and those based on olive oil (OOBE) have shown advantages over those derived from soybean oil, although very few studies have compared these with each other, and none was performed in critically ill surgical patients. Objectives: to demonstrate non-inferiority for the therapeutic efficacy of SMOFlipid® (enriched with fish oil) versus Clinoleic® (OOBE) in relation to the occurrence of nosocomial infection and other evolutionary parameters.

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Introducción: la composición lipídica de las fórmulas de nutrición parenteral (NP) se postula como posible factor de evolución clínica.Objetivo: evaluar las diferencias en eficacia y seguridad de dos emulsiones lipídicas en NP.Material y métodos: estudio clínico prospectivo de pacientes posquirúrgicos sometidos a NP durante más de 7 días en un periodo de 2 años.

Fatal heat stroke in a schizophrenic patient.

Objective. The case of a patient who developed a fatal post-exertional heat stroke is reported. Case Report.

[Quality assessment and improvement in the indication and management of parenteral nutrition in a general surgery unit].

Objective: To analyze the degree of compliance with a variety of internationally accepted standards defined for Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) quality control in our Surgery Department.

Patients And Method: Prospective study of patients treated with TPN over two years in the department of surgery of a university teaching hospital (n = 72). Assessment of quality was performed by measurements of compliance using 19 criteria.

Quality evaluation of total parenteral nutrition in an acute care setting.

Objective: To analyse the degree of compliance with internationally accepted standards defined for total parenteral nutrition (TPN) quality control in our hospital. The problems of quality which exist must be detected and possible solutions put into practice.

Patients And Method: Retrospective study of critically ill patients treated with TPN during two years in a university teaching hospital (n=92).

Presentation of Degos syndrome as acute small-bowel perforation.

Malignant atrophic papulosis is an uncommon vasculopathy affecting multiple systems and frequently associated with a poor prognosis. We describe a 56-year-old patient with this rare disorder whose death was the result of intestinal involvement. Clinical diagnostic features of malignant atrophic papulosis as well as the main therapeutic approaches suggested in the literature are presented herein.

[Parenteral nutrition in a general hospital: quality criteria and factors associated with compliance].

Background And Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the quality in the use of total parenteral nutrition (TPN).

Patients And Method: Retrospective study of patients treated with TPN during one year in a general hospital (n = 92). Assessment of quality was performed through measurements of compliance using 20 criteria.