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PLoS One
January 2025
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Uludag University Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey.
Background: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients frequently experience protein-energy wasting (PEW), which increases their morbidity and mortality rates.
Objective: This study explores the effects of nutritional status and pulmonary function on the short- and long-term mortality of ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis.
Materials And Methods: 67 consecutive ESRD patients on maintenance hemodialysis were included in the study.
World J Clin Cases
January 2025
Naval Medical Center of PLA, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200052, China.
In this editorial, we have commented on the article that has been published in the recent issue of . The authors have described a case of unilateral thyroid cyst and have opined that the acute onset of infection may be linked to diabetes mellitus (DM). We have focused on the role of nutrition in the association between DM and infection.
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January 2025
Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Mugla 48000, Türkiye.
Background: The inability to ensure adequate nutrition for patients, and failure to provide adequate calorie and protein intake, result in malnutrition, leading to increased morbidity and mortality. The present study assesses the two approaches to enteral nutrition-intermittent and continuous enteral feeding-in critically ill pediatric patients in Türkiye to determine the superiority of one method over the other.
Methods: Included in this multicenter prospective study were patients receiving enteral nutrition via a tube who were followed up over a 3-month period.
Nutrients
January 2025
Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Iceland, 102 Reykjavík, Iceland.
Background: Malnutrition predicts poor outcomes following hip fracture, affecting patient recovery, healthcare performance, and costs. Evidence-based guidelines recommend multicomponent, interdisciplinary nutrition care to improve intake, reduce complications, and enhance outcomes. This study examines global variation in oral nutrition support for older (65+ years) hip fracture inpatients.
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January 2025
Nutrition Research Collaborative, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Metro North Health, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia.
Research shows that obesity has risen among rehabilitation patients. Despite this, nutrition care in subacute rehabilitation wards focuses primarily on preventing and treating protein-energy malnutrition. The continued provision of energy-dense meals during lengthy rehabilitation admissions may present a risk of overnutrition for some patients, which can adversely affect functional outcomes.
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