Intravenous-to-oral antibiotic switch therapy: a cross-sectional study in critical care units.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the oral switch (OS) stewardship intervention in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: This was a retrospective study with a convenience sample in two Brazilian ICUs from different hospitals in patients with sepsis receiving antibiotic therapy. The stewardship intervention included OS in patients diagnosed with sepsis when clinical stability was achieved.

Is "hit and run" a single word? The processing of irreversible binomials in neglect dyslexia.

The present study is the first neuropsychological investigation into the problem of the mental representation and processing of irreversible binomials (IBs), i.e., word pairs linked by a conjunction (e.

Influence of fat-free mass and functional status on resting energy expenditure in underweight elders.

Background: In underweight elders, resting energy expenditure (REE) and its relationship with fat-free mass (FFM) could be modified by sarcopenia, physical activity, and functional limitation. The aims of this study were to investigate REE and its relationship with quantity and metabolic activity of FFM and to evaluate the influence of functional status on REE in underweight elderly subjects.

Methods: Forty-eight underweight elders (BMI < 20) and 54 normal weight elderly subjects (BMI 20-30) as a control group were selected.

Bone mineral density and body composition in underweight and normal elderly subjects.

The importance of malnutrition as a risk factor in osteoporosis is emphasized by the evidence that patients with fractures of the proximal femur are often undernourished. In this study, nutritional status, bone mineral mass and its association with body composition were investigated in underweight and normal weight elderly subjects. Moreover the hypothesis that malnutrition in elderly is associated with a higher risk of osteoporosis was tested.

Visceral fat loss evaluated by total body magnetic resonance imaging in obese women operated with laparascopic adjustable silicone gastric banding.

Objective: To investigate the changes of visceral fat, as compared with total and subcutaneous adipose tissue (AT) in obese patients operated with laparascopic adjustable silicone gastric banding (LAP-BAND).

Subjects: Six premenopausal morbid obese (body mass index range: 41.4-44.