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A systematic review of compliance to oral nutritional supplements
23 December 2011
Summary: Background & aims: Oral nutritional supplements (ONS) play a key role in the management of malnutrition. This systematic review examined patients’ compliance with ONS across healthcare se...
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Gary P. Hubbard,
Marinos Elia,
Anne Holdoway,
Rebecca J. Stratton
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293-312
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Impact of the diet on net endogenous acid production and acid–base balance
02 February 2012
Summary: Net acid production, which is composed of volatile acids (15,000 mEq/day) and metabolic acids (70–100 mEq/day) is relatively small compared to whole-body H+ turnover (150,000 mEq/day). Metabo...
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Nathalie Poupin,
Juliane Calvez,
Camille Lassale,
Caroline Chesneau,
Daniel Tomé
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313-321
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Pre-treatment with an intravenous lipid emulsion containing fish oil (eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid) decreases inflammatory markers after open-heart surgery in infants: A randomized, controlled trial
18 November 2011
Summary: Background & aims: This study assessed the effects of administering a lipid emulsion containing eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid before and after open-heart surgery on cytokine p...
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Bodil M.K. Larsen,
Laksiri A. Goonewardene,
Ari R. Joffe,
John E. Van Aerde,
Catherine J. Field,
Dana Lee Olstad,
Michael T. Clandinin
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322-329
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Randomized study of clinical effect of enteral nutrition support during neoadjuvant chemotherapy on chemotherapy-related toxicity in patients with esophageal cancer
02 December 2011
Summary: Background & aims: Enteral nutrition (EN) is provided for patients with cancer. However, Little is known about the clinical efficacy of EN support during chemotherapy in patients with can...
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Hiroshi Miyata,
Masahiko Yano,
Takushi Yasuda,
Rie Hamano,
Makoto Yamasaki,
Eihou Hou,
Masaaki Motoori,
Osamu Shiraishi,
Koji Tanaka,
Masaki Mori,
Yuichiro Doki
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330-336
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Supplementation with aged garlic extract improves both NK and γδ-T cell function and reduces the severity of cold and flu symptoms: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled nutrition intervention
12 December 2011
Summary: Background & aims: Earlier studies show that dietary bioactive compounds can modify proliferation of γδ-T cells. Garlic contains numerous compounds that have this potential and, in additi...
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Meri P. Nantz,
Cheryl A. Rowe,
Catherine E. Muller,
Rebecca A. Creasy,
Joy M. Stanilka,
Susan S. Percival
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337-344
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Malnutrition and its impact on cost of hospitalization, length of stay, readmission and 3-year mortality
15 November 2011
Summary: Background & aims: The confounding effect of disease on the outcomes of malnutrition using diagnosis-related groups (DRG) has never been studied in a multidisciplinary setting. This study...
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Su Lin Lim,
Kian Chung Benjamin Ong,
Yiong Huak Chan,
Wai Chiong Loke,
Maree Ferguson,
Lynne Daniels
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345-350
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Development and validation of criteria for determining undernutrition in community-dwelling older men and women: The Short Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire 65+
04 November 2011
Summary: Background & aims: There is no valid, fast and easy-to-apply set of criteria to determine (risk of) undernutrition in community-dwelling older persons. The aim of this study was to develo...
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Hanneke A.H. Wijnhoven,
Janneke Schilp,
Marian A.E. van Bokhorst-de van der Schueren,
Henrica C.W. de Vet,
Hinke M. Kruizenga,
Dorly J.H. Deeg,
Luigi Ferrucci,
Marjolein Visser
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351-358
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Anthropometric measures and fasting insulin levels in children before and after cure of Cushing syndrome
21 November 2011
Summary: Background & aims: Children with Cushing syndrome present with growth delay and excess adiposity that tends to be generalized rather than centripetal. There are no prospective studies of ...
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Margaret F. Keil,
Jennifer Graf,
Nirmal Gokarn,
Constantine A. Stratakis
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359-363
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Validity of predictive equations developed to estimate body fat from anthropometry and bioelectrical impedance analysis in 8–10 year-old children
28 November 2011
Summary: Background & aim: To date, no studies have examined the validity of skinfold-based (SF) equations and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) in predicting body fat in children of Middle-E...
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Lara Nasreddine,
Farah Naja,
Andrew P. Hills,
Sara Kassem Youssef,
Joelle Chahine,
Nahla Hwalla
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364-371
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Variations on cardiovascular risk factors in metabolic syndrome after consume of a citrus-based juice
08 December 2011
Summary: Background & aims: Inflammation and oxidative stress plays a critical role in cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome often occurs with these two variables. The aim of the study is ...
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Juana Mulero,
Juana Bernabé,
Begoña Cerdá,
Cristina García-Viguera,
Diego A. Moreno,
Ma Dolores Albaladejo,
Francisco Avilés,
Soledad Parra,
José Abellán,
Pilar Zafrilla
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372-377
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Evaluation of the efficacy of six nutritional screening tools to predict malnutrition in the elderly
05 December 2011
Summary: Background & aims: Malnutrition in the elderly is a multifactorial problem, more prevalent in hospitals and care homes. The absence of a gold standard in evaluating nutritional risk led u...
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Kalliopi-Anna Poulia,
Mary Yannakoulia,
Dimitra Karageorgou,
Maria Gamaletsou,
Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos,
Nikolaos V. Sipsas,
Antonis Zampelas
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378-385
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Anorexia nervosa patients display a deficit in membrane long chain poly-unsaturated fatty acids
08 December 2011
Summary: Background & aims: The energy deficit in anorexia nervosa (AN) results from a low energy and fat intake. Data from the literature are at odds about a deficiency in essential fatty acids (...
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Sylvie Caspar-Bauguil,
Emilie Montastier,
Françoise Galinon,
Dany Frisch-Benarous,
Robert Salvayre,
Patrick Ritz
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386-390
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Protein intake and fracture risk in elderly people: A case-control study
05 December 2011
Summary: Background & aims: We investigated whether protein intake (PI) is related to osteoporotic fractures (OP) in the elderly by analyzing vegetable protein intake (VPI), animal protein intake ...
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María José Martínez-Ramírez,
Alberto D. Delgado-Martínez,
Manuel Ruiz-Bailén,
Carmen de la Fuente,
Miguel Ángel Martínez-González,
Miguel Delgado-Rodríguez
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391-395
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Fish oil attenuates surgery-induced immunosuppression, limits post-operative metastatic dissemination and increases long-term recurrence-free survival in rodents inoculated with cancer cells
18 November 2011
Summary: Background & aims: Omega-3 fatty acids (ω-3FA) attenuate postoperative immunosuppression vis-à-vis infection. Since immune-surveillance targets metastasizing cancer cells, we assessed the...
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Yael Goldfarb,
Haim Shapiro,
Pierre Singer,
Yael Kalderon,
Ben Levi,
Ariella Glasner,
Marganit Benish,
Shamgar Ben-Eliyahu
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396-404
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Ferulic acid is nephrodamaging while gallic acid is renal protective in long term treatment of chronic kidney disease
21 November 2011
Summary: Backgrounds & aims: The long term therapeutic effect of ferulic acid (FA) and gallic acid (GA) in treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been lacking. Methods: Doxorubicin (DR, Adr...
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Chiung-Chi Peng,
Chiu-Lan Hsieh,
Hui-Er Wang,
Jin-Yuan Chung,
Kuan-Chou Chen,
Robert Y. Peng
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405-414
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Arginine availability modulates arginine metabolism and TNFα production in peritoneal macrophages from Zucker Diabetic Fatty rats
28 November 2011
Summary: Background & aims: Excess weight and type 2 diabetes lead to increased susceptibility to infections. Our aim was to investigate the role of diabetes-induced decreased arginine (Arg) avail...
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Charlotte Breuillard,
Linda Belabed,
Sandra Bonhomme,
Marie-Céline Blanc-Quintin,
Nathalie Neveux,
Rémy Couderc,
Jean-Pascal De Bandt,
Luc Cynober,
Sylviane Darquy
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415-421
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Thiamine deficiency related microstructural brain changes in acute and acute-on-chronic liver failure of non-alcoholic etiology
05 December 2011
Summary: Background & aims: Mammillary body atrophy in alcoholic liver disease usually indicates thiamine deficiency. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship among blood thiamine...
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Rakesh Kumar Gupta,
Santosh Kumar Yadav,
Vivek Anand Saraswat,
Murali Rangan,
Anshu Srivastava,
Abhishek Yadav,
Richa Trivedi,
Surendra Kumar Yachha,
Ram Kishore Singh Rathore
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422-428
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Refeeding hypophosphataemia in malnutrition patients: Prevention and treatment
28 November 2011
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Maria Gabriella Gentile,
Giulia Maria Manna
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Reply – Refeeding hypophosphataemia in patients with malnutrition: Prevention and treatment
05 January 2012
We thank Dr Gentil and her colleagues for their comments on our article ‘Refeeding hypophosphataemia is more common in enteral than parenteral feeding in adult in patients’.
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Sebastian Zeki,
Jeremy M. Nightingale
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430
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Probiotics in necrotizing enterocolitis: More questions than answers?
14 March 2012
I read with great interest the article by Mihatsch WA, et al. The authors in their informative meta-analysis suggested some recommendation on the use of probiotics for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) ...
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Rashmi Ranjan Das
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431
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Reply – Probiotics in necrotizing enterocolitis: More questions than answers
04 April 2012
We thank Dr. Das for having thoroughly studied our systematic review on the routine use of probiotics in preterm infants.
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Walter A. Mihatsch,
Frank Pohlandt
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432-433
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