Hospital food management: a multi-objective approach to reduce waste and costs.

Food waste contributes significantly to greenhouse emissions and represents a substantial portion of overall waste within hospital facilities. Furthermore, uneaten food leads to a diminished nutritional intake for patients, that typically are vulnerable and ill. Therefore, this study developed mathematical models for constructing patient meals in a 1000-bed hospital located in Florida.

Chronic Ventriculitis Caused by Cryptococcus neoformans: A Rare Presentation.

Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungus notorious for invading the central nervous system. while Cryptococcus is known to cause meningitis, encephalitis, and meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised patients, especially those with AIDS (CD4 <100), and found to be rapidly fatal, instances of ventricular involvement with chronic sequelae are exceedingly rare. Typical presentations of cryptococcal meningitis involve headache, altered mental status, nuchal rigidity, and vomiting.