Malnutrition Screening with Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 prior to Assessment as Part of GLIM Criteria in Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery for Gastrointestinal Cancer.

Introduction: For diagnosing malnutrition as an important modifiable risk factor in surgical cancer patients, GLIM criteria offer a standardised diagnostic pathway. Before assessing malnutrition, it is suggested to screen for malnutrition with an implemented screening tool, i.e.

Evaluation of malnutrition in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery using GLIM criteria and comparing CT and BIA for muscle mass measurement.

Background & Aims: GLIM criteria have become a worldwide standard for diagnosing malnutrition. They emphasize the measurement of muscle mass but do not provide clear recommendations for the use of different diagnostic tools and cut-offs. Measurements of body composition by using computerized tomography (CT) and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) are both easily accessible in hospitalized patients.

Value of high-field magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosis and classification of acute colonic diverticulitis.

Objectives: Due to limited and outdated literature, the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnostic work-up of acute colonic diverticulitis (ACD) is still under debate. The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of modern high-field MRI and multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in the diagnosis and classification of ACD.

Methods: In our prospective study 24 emergency patients with the clinical diagnosis of ACD received MDCT and high-field MRI.

Automated tube voltage selection in thoracoabdominal computed tomography at high pitch using a third-generation dual-source scanner: image quality and radiation dose performance.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the radiation dose and image quality performance of thoracoabdominal examinations with an automated tube voltage selection (tube voltage adaptation), tube current modulation, and high pitch using a third-generation dual-source computed tomography (CT) compared intraindividually with 120-kV examinations with tube current modulation with special attention on clinically relevant lesions in the liver, the lungs, and extrahepatic soft tissues.

Materials And Methods: This study was approved by the institutional review board. Computed tomography of the body was performed using a third-generation dual-source system in 95 patients (mean body mass index, 25 kg/m²; range, 18-35 kg/m²).