Managing fluid balance and nutritional status in a short bowel syndrome patient awaiting intestinal transplant: a case report.

Background: Despite being a long-term therapy for patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS), subcutaneous injections of teduglutide promote the regeneration of the gastrointestinal tract. Such cases are particularly concerning for patients with residual small bowel.

Methods: In this report, we present a case of an SBS patient with only 5 cm of remaining small bowel and a high-output duodenal stoma, who was treated with teduglutide.

Re-assessing the role of peri-operative nutritional therapy in patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing surgery: a narrative review.

Pancreatic cancer is the most common medical condition that requires pancreatic resection. Over the last three decades, significant improvements have been made in the conditions and procedures related to pancreatic surgery, resulting in mortality rates lower than 5%. However, it is important to note that the morbidity in pancreatic surgery remains r latively high, with a percentage range of 30-60%.

COVID-19 Disease and Outcomes among Critically Ill Patients: The Case of Medical Nutritional Therapy.

The recent COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted from SARS CoV-2 coronavirus infection, contributed toa rapid increasein hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions [...

Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition Criteria Predict Pulmonary Complications and 90-Day Mortality after Major Abdominal Surgery in Cancer Patients.

Although several studies have reported an association between malnutrition and the risk of severe complications after abdominal surgery, there have been no studies evaluating the use of Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria for predicting postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) following major abdominal surgery in cancer patients. This study aimed to investigate the association among the diagnosis of malnutrition by GLIM criteria, PPCs risk and 90-day all-cause mortality rate following major abdominal surgery in cancer patients. We prospectively analyzed 218 patients (45% male, mean age 70.

Prevalence of obesity and body mass index correlates in a representative sample of Cretan school children.

Objective: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity and investigate associated factors in a representative sample of Cretan school children.

Methods: As part of a cross-sectional study in children aged 10-12 years (n = 481, 48% boys) in 27 (urban and rural) schools in Crete, Greece, the rates of overweight and obesity were estimated and multiple logistic regression was used to explore the relationship between several factors and body mass index (BMI).

Results: It was shown that 28% and 13% of children were overweight and obese, respectively.