Tag: malnutrition

In a reported first, Chinese clinicians established long-term feeding access directly into the duodenum of a 12-year-old boy whose reconstructed ...

Researchers in China and Malaysia have developed and validated a concise 25-item questionnaire that measures kidney disease patients' knowledge, attitudes ...

A study of 422 children at Fortportal Regional Referral Hospital found that 41.5 percent of those admitted with suspected infection ...

A new review explains why oral rotavirus vaccines protect children far less effectively in low- and middle-income countries, citing maternal ...

A cross-sectional study of 626 surgical head and neck cancer patients in China finds that higher nutritional knowledge and practice ...

A study of 984 rheumatoid arthritis patients finds that the Prognostic Nutritional Index, a simple blood-based score combining albumin and ...

A prospective Australian study shows that early weight loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis marks a subgroup with faster decline and ...

A new study finds that a simple index combining triglycerides, total cholesterol, and body weight outperforms established nutritional tools in ...

A five-year cohort study at Uganda's national heart institute finds that rural residence, underweight status, defect severity and late diagnosis ...

A Spanish study found that most pediatric intensive care nurses lack formal training in enteral nutrition and developed a blended, ...