IS THERE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GLIM AND THE NRS CRITERIA IN THE NUTRITIONAL DIAGNOSIS OF HOSPITALIZED SURGICAL PATIENTS? PILOT STUDY.

Background: There is no consensus on which nutritional diagnosis methods are most relevant in the hospital clinical practice.

Objective: This study investigated the agreement between the global leadership initiative on malnutrition (GLIM) criterion and the nutritional risk screening (NRS) instrument for the nutritional diagnosis of in-patients.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with 95 hospitalized surgical patients.

SEX AND ASA CLASSIFICATION, NOT FASTING TIME, ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF COMPLICATIONS IN THE POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD.

Background: According to the literature, some factors are associated with the development of postoperative complications including surgical approach, smoking, comorbidities, nutritional status, classification of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), fasting time period, and others. In the case of surgical patients, some factors are important for the assessment of the outcomes.

Aims: To investigate the factors associated with the likelihood of postoperative complications in surgical patients.

Association between Frequency of Seizures and Number of Antiseizure Medications (ASM) in Patients with Epilepsy.

The literature has shown the relevance of nutritional and metabolic aspects in patients with epilepsy. This study evaluated the relationship between clinical variables and plasma proteins and compared the variables between seizure frequency and neurological examination. A pilot study was carried out with eighty-four (n = 84) adults patients with epilepsy.

Family support in adults with epilepsy.

Background:  The perception of family support in chronic disease can be relevant.

Objective:  To assess the perception of family support in adult patients with epilepsy (PWEs) and relate it to quality of life (QoL) and clinical aspects.

Methods:  Data from the Perceived Family Support Inventory (IPFS) of 130 PWEs were related to the clinical variables, QOLIE-31 scores, and the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E) with statistical tests, with  < 0.

IS CALF CIRCUMFERENCE ASSOCIATED WITH CLINICAL AND NUTRITIONAL OUTCOME IN OLDER PATIENTS?

Background: Previous studies have shown a relationship between calf circumference (CC) and outcomes in hospitalized patients.

Aims: To investigate the relationship between CC and clinical and nutritional outcomes in older in-patients (OiP) in a surgery ward.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with 417 OiP in a surgery ward.

Lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels, diabetes and age are associated with foot and ankle fracture treatment complications.

Objective: This study investigated the nutritional status, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD), albumin and risk factors associated with complications in patients with foot and ankle fragility fractures.

Subjects And Methods: Prospective study, developed with patients who suffered fractures due to fragility of the foot and ankle (n = 108); the type of fractured bone, fracture mechanisms and classification were studied and also pseudoarthrosis, treatment, surgical dehiscence, anthropometry, 25OHD and albumin. The Chi-square or Fisher's exact test, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used in the statistical analysis and the multiple logistic regression analysis was used to identify the risk factors associated with complications.

Nutritional indicators' performance in malnutrition diagnosis of hospitalized elderly patients.

Background: Several nutritional diagnosis methods and their relationship with clinical outcomes have been described. This study investigated malnutrition in hospitalized elderly patients (HEP) using different nutritional indicators and determined criteria to identify malnutrition and explore the variables that discriminate the risk of malnutrition.

Method: Cross-sectional study with 500 HEP; different methods of nutritional diagnosis, their relationship with clinical outcomes and criteria for defining malnutrition were investigated.

The Number of Antiseizure Medications Taken and not the Lipid Profile was Associated with Seizure Control in Adult Patients with Epilepsy.

Previous studies show changes in lipid metabolism in epilepsy. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between lipid profile and clinical variables in adult patients with epilepsy (APE). Seventy-two APE participated in this pilot study at an outpatient neurology service.

HIGH-FIBER DIET PROMOTES METABOLIC, HORMONAL, AND SATIETY EFFECTS IN OBESE WOMEN ON A SHORT-TERM CALORIC RESTRICTION.

•Body weight and BMI decrease in both the EG and CG groups during the period of caloric restriction. •For both the EG and CG groups, fat-free mass decreases during food restriction. •Subjects on a high-fiber diet have reduced fasting glucose and basal insulin as well as improved insulin resistance, as attested by the lower HOMA-IR index.

Physical activity in adults with epilepsy: clinical aspects and relationship with cognition and quality of life.

Unlabelled: There are several factors associated with lower participation in regular physical activity (PA) in adult patients with epilepsy (PWEs).

Objective: To assess the relationship between the regular practice of PA with clinical and cognitive variables and quality of life (QoL) in PWEs.

Methods: Habitual Physical Activity Questionnaire (HPAQ) was related to clinical variables, scores on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), on the Brief Cognitive Battery-Edu (BCB-Edu), on the Satisfaction Scale for Physical Activity (SSPA), and on the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE)-31 in 60 PWEs, with a significance level of p<0.

Cognition and obesity in adults with epilepsy.

Objective: to assess the occurrence of overweight/obesity in patient with epilepsy (PWEs) and to relate it to cognitive aspects and clinical variables. Methodology: the measurements of waist circumference, calf circumference, arm circumference, and the body mass index were related to the scores of the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Brief Cognitive Battery-Edu, as well as to the clinical variables of 164 PWEs, with a significance level of p < 0.05.

INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLASMA PROTEINS AND SATISFACTORY SURGICAL WOUNDS OUTCOME.

Objective: This study investigated the factors associated with satisfactory early postoperative wound conditions.

Method: A prospective study was conducted with patients (n=179) submitted to osteosynthesis in general, in a hospital orthopedics service. In the preoperative period, patients underwent laboratory exams and the surgical indications were based on the type of fracture and the patient's clinical conditions.

Prognostic analysis of lymph node ratio of patients with disease recurrence previously submitted to cervical dissection surgery for head and neck cancer.

Introduction: the variable lymph node ratio has recently been studied as a possible influencer in the survival of patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer.

Objective: to analyze the correlation between lymph node density and survival of recurred disease patients previously submitted to cervical dissection surgery due to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Method: we retrospectively analyzed 71 medical records of patients treated at the Head and Neck Surgery Service of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas who had undergone cervical dissection surgery and presented tumor recurrence between 2006 and 2019.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN NUTRITIONAL SCREENING INSTRUMENTS IN HOSPITALIZED OLDER PATIENTS.

Background: The prevalence of hospitalized elderly patients has grown substantially and has impacted the hospital health services. Thus, it is believed that an investigation of the nutritional status associated with different clinical situations in elderly patients could contribute to multidisciplinary hospital intervention and nutritional care actions suitable for this population.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between two nutritional screening instruments in hospitalized older patients and to compare clinical variables between these two instruments.

Lack of association between 11 gene polymorphisms on weight loss 1 year after Roux-en-y gastric bypass surgery in woman.

Background: Although effective, the impact of bariatric surgery on weight loss is variable, and little is known about the influence of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The present study investigated the association of eleven SNPs related to obesity with weight loss 1 year after Roux-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery in female patients.

Methods: This prospective study included 351 women with obesity.

Can the Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS-2002) predict unfavorable clinical outcome in hospitalized elderly patients?

Background: The prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalized elderly patients (HEP) is high.

Objective: To investigate the behavior of several nutritional indicators and predictors of unfavorable clinical outcome.

Methods: Retrospective study with hospitalized elderly patients (N = 322).

Factors associated with patient weight loss and prescribed diet during hospitalization.

Objective: the aim of this study was to assess weight loss, diet prescribed, and nutritional status in hospitalized patients, as well as their associated factors. Methods: weight loss during hospitalization, nutritional status, disease type, and prescribed diet were investigated in a retrospective study in 621 hospitalized patients. The chi-squared, Fisher's, Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for statistical analysis.

GASTROINTESTINAL CHANGES DURING NUTRITIONAL FOLLOW-UP OF CANCER PATIENTS UNDERGOING OUTPATIENT CHEMOTHERAPY.

Background: Cancer patients may have gastrointestinal changes that influence nutritional status.

Objective: To investigate the occurrence of gastrointestinal changes resulting from outpatient chemotherapy treatment in cancer patients.

Methods: In a retrospective longitudinal study, the nutritional status and chemotherapy gastrointestinal changes (nausea, vomit, diarrhea, constipation, mucositis, dysphagia, xerostomia, inappetence, dysgeusia and heartburn) in cancer patients (n=187) were investigated in an outpatient follow-up.

Nail enthesis ultrasound and automated software-guided assessment of bilateral common carotid intima-media thickness in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: is there a correlation with clinical and laboratory findings?

Background: Ultrasound (US) in psoriasis (PsO) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an important tool in several situations to detect joint ecostructural damage as well as other tissue alterations, such as those that occur in the larger vessels. The objective of this study was to detect and correlate the changes that indicate the inflammatory and atherosclerotic process in two groups of patients, using nail US and carotid artery intima-media thickness radiofrequency (RF) software.

Methods: A total of 30 patients diagnosed with (PsO) and (PsA) were selected.

Do rapid emotional thermometers correlate with multidimensional validated structured questionnaires in low-risk prostate cancer?

Purpose: To promptly identify mental suffering in low-risk prostate cancer (LRPC) patients, vulnerable to over- and undertreatment, we evaluated the correlation of rapid emotional thermometers (ET) with multidimensional validated structured questionnaires.

Methods: At diagnosis, consecutive LRPC patients underwent five ET domains: emotional suffering, anxiety, depression (DT), revolt and need for help and multidimensional questionnaires: beck anxiety inventory (BAI), beck depression inventory (BDI), beck hopelessness scale, SF36 (physical functioning PF, role limitations due to physical health RP, bodily pain BP, general health perceptions GH, vitality VT, social functioning SF, role limitations due to emotional problems RE and general mental health MH), international index of erectile function and international prostate symptom score (IPSS).

Results: Among 30 included patients, mean age 67.

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LATE RESULTS OF CERVICAL ESOPHAGOGASTRIC ANASTOMOSIS BY MANUAL AND MECHANICAL SUTURE IN PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO ESOPHAGEAL MUCOSECTOMY THROUGH ADVANCED MEGAESOPHAGUS.

Background: Among the anastomoses of the gastrointestinal tract, those of the esophagus are of special interest due to several anatomical or even general peculiarities.

Aim: Evaluate retrospectively the results comparing mechanical vs. manual suture at cervical esophagogastric anastomosis in megaesophagus treatment.

ADDITIONAL ABDOMINAL MEASUREMENTS ARE A USEFUL TOOL TO EVALUATE BODY COMPOSITION IN OBESE WOMEN.

Background: During weight gain, most of the excess adipose tissue accumulates in the trunk. This alters the body shape and makes collection of anthropometric measurements, especially waist circumference (WC), difficult.

Objective: To evaluate the sensitivity and applicability of additional abdominal measurements in order to assess body composition of obese women.