Search results for "Nutrition"
Code carefully with nutrition guidelines
Guidelines for the diagnosis of malnutrition were published in the May 2012 Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, representing a consensus statement of the American Academy of Nutrition and ... Dietetics (the Academy) and the American
June 2013
ICUs not meeting guidelines for nutrition
Nutrition therapy provided by ICUs often fails to meet guideline recommendations in a number of areas, a new study found. ... An article in the August 2009 issue of ACP Hospitalist addressed the challenges of providing appropriate nutrition therapy to
January 2010
Adding immune-modulating agents to enteral nutrition potentially harmful, study finds
modulated nutrition was associated with a higher 6-month mortality rate: 54% (95% CI, 40% to 67%) vs. ... g/kg of body weight per day, day 3) of the standard nutrition.
August 2014
Food for thought
Take a humorous look at a fictional doctor's quest to get some food during a busy day. ... The reserve granola bar she usually kept there had already been devoured last week during a similar food emergency.
November 2012
Group issues recommendations for parenteral nutrition glutamine supplementation
The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) last week published a position paper with recommendations for using parenteral nutrition glutamine supplementation. ... More research is needed on glutamine-supplemented PN in specific
August 2011
MKSAP quiz on nutrition
A. Enteral nutrition via nasogastric feeding tube. B. Enteral nutrition via percutaneous jejunal feeding tube. ... Decreasing the lipids in this patient's diet, rather than in his parenteral nutrition, may provide some clinical improvement, because oral
February 2015
Test yourself: Nutrition
A. Enteral supplements. B. A gluten-free diet. C. A proton pump inhibitor. ... A gluten-free diet is used for treating celiac sprue, which this patient does not have.
August 2009
Guidelines advise on early start to enteral nutrition for critically ill
High nutrition risk identifies those patients most likely to benefit from early EN therapy. ... Use EN over PN in critically ill patients who require nutrition support therapy.
January 2016
Moving beyond medical needs
Those who meet clinical criteria and admit to not having enough food are given a prescription to pick up free produce, whole grains, lean protein, and other healthy foods at a ... Asking tough questions about food insecurity and other social needs may be
March 2019
Interns' days, patients' hands
the fat content of food ingested when THC is consumed.
September 2019