Impact of Nutrition on the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Injuries in Critically Ill Patients: An Integrative Review.

Objective: To review the main scientific evidence on nutrition in the prevention and treatment of pressure injuries (PIs) in critically ill adult patients.

Data Sources: The searches were carried out in several scientific databases, namely, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Public MEDLINE (PubMed), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), and Web of Science. The MeSH terms used were "pressure injury", "nutrition", and "intensive care".

Total Th1/Th2 cytokines profile from peripheral blood lymphocytes in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia syndrome.

To evaluate total Th1/Th2 cytokines in CD3 cells (immunocompetent T-lymphocytes) and peripheral blood lymphocytes, mostly CD4+ (T helper cells) and CD8+ (T-cytotoxic cells) subpopulations in preeclampsia. Total blood leukocytes and lymphocytes counts, percent cells: CD3, INF-g/CD3, IL-4/CD3, and IL-10/CD3, CD4/CD8 were determined by flow-cytometry. Preeclampsia (= 26) and normal pregnancy (= 25) participants were age and gestational age matched.

The Influence of Glucose Exposure Load and Peritoneal Membrane Transport on Body Composition and Nutritional Status Changes after 1 Year on Peritoneal Dialysis.

Background: The characteristics of peritoneal membrane transport differ among patients, affecting the prescription of peritoneal dialysis (PD) modality and glucose exposure in order to achieve an effective dialysis. This study aims to verify the influence of glucose exposure load and peritoneal membrane transport on body composition and nutritional status changes after the first year of PD.

Methods: We examined a cohort of 85 incident PD patients during the first year of treatment.

Coaching and barriers to weight loss: an integrative review.

Introduction: Coaching is proposed to raise a patient's awareness and responsibility for their health behaviour change by transforming the professional-patient relationship.

Objective: To review the scientific literature on how coaching can assist in weight loss and improve a patient's state of health.

Methodology: An integrative literature search was performed using PubMed, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, and Scientific Electronic Library Online.