Prognostic capability of the Maximum Acute Gastrointestinal Injury Score and of caloric intake in patients requiring vasopressors: A multicenter prospective cohort study.

Purpose: Our main objective was to use the Maximum Acute Gastrointestinal Injury Score (AGI) to evaluate the prognostic capability of gastrointestinal dysfunction (GID), on hospital mortality in patients on mechanical ventilation (MV) requiring vasopressors. A secondary goal was to analyze the relationship between AGI and vasopressor dosage with increasing caloric intake.

Materials And Methods: Prospective multicenter cohort study in ten ICUs across Argentina.

Economic burden of hospital malnutrition and the cost-benefit of supplemental parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients in Latin America.

Aim: Disease-related malnutrition (DRM) is a prevalent condition that significantly increases the risk of adverse outcomes in hospitalized patients, particularly those with critical illness. Limited data is available on the economic burden of DRM and the cost-benefit of nutrition therapy in high-risk populations in Latin America. The aims of the present study were to estimate the economic burden of DRM and evaluate the cost-benefit of supplemental parenteral nutrition (SPN) in critically ill patients who fail to receive adequate nutrient intake from enteral nutrition (EN) in Latin America.

Prescribed hypocaloric nutrition support for critically-ill adults.

Background: There are controversies about the amount of calories and the type of nutritional support that should be given to critically-ill people. Several authors advocate the potential benefits of hypocaloric nutrition support, but the evidence is inconclusive.

Objectives: To assess the effects of prescribed hypocaloric nutrition support in comparison with standard nutrition support for critically-ill adults SEARCH METHODS: We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL, Cochrane Library), MEDLINE, Embase and LILACS (from inception to 20 June 2017) with a specific strategy for each database.

Current clinical nutrition practices in critically ill patients in Latin America: a multinational observational study.

Background: Malnutrition in critically ill adults in the intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with a significantly elevated risk of mortality. Adequate nutrition therapy is crucial to optimise outcomes. Currently, there is a paucity of such data in Latin America.

Hospital malnutrition in Latin America: A systematic review.

Background: Disease-related malnutrition is a major public health issue in both industrialised and emerging countries. The reported prevalence in hospitalised adults ranges from 20% to 50%. Initial reports from emerging countries suggested a higher prevalence compared with other regions, with limited data on outcomes and costs.

Agreement analysis of variables involved in lipodystrophy syndrome definition in HIV-infected patients.

Background: Lipodystrophy studies in HIV-infected patients have usually defined abnormalities in body fat by clinical evaluation and patient questionnaires. Despite the risk for bias with these subjective approaches, agreement analysis among the large number of variables employed was seldom performed.

Objective: To analyze consistency between the usual approaches for definition of abnormalities in body fat distribution.