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A successful way for performing nutritional nursing assessment in older patients
2008
Aim. The aim of this study was to obtain increased knowledge and understanding about what can be promoting and facilitating for nurses to perform nutritional nursing assessment in older patients. Background. The frequency of older patients at nutritional risk or suffering from undernutrition is high in hospitals. Studies have shown frequent lack of awareness about signs of undernutrition as all patients are, for example, not weighed. Nurses’ descriptions about nutritional problems have also been found to be often vague and unspecific. Design. A qualitative design was used. Methods. Ten conveniently chosen registered nurses, working with older patients in two hospitals in western Sweden …
La nutrition des personnes âgées : l'affaire de tous !
2019
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Impact of an olfactory priming on food intake: a case study in an Alzheimer's Unit
2014
Impact of an olfactory priming on food intake: a case study in an Alzheimer's Unit. 6. european conference on sensory and consumer research: a sense of life
Food-Based Dietary Guidelines around the World: A Comparative Analysis to Update AESAN Scientific Committee Dietary Recommendations
2021
Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDG) include dietary recommendations based on food groups according to the general and accepted nutrition principles and current scientific evidence. Adoption of FBDG contributes to the prevention of malnutrition in all its forms, promotes human health, and reduces environmental impact. The present review aims to perform an international comparative analysis of the FBDG adopted in different countries from three different continents (America, Asia, and Europe), with particular reference to the Spanish Food Safety and Nutrition Agency (AESAN, Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición) Scientific Committee dietary recommendations. A total of twelve c…
Effects of a computerized decision support system on care planning for pressure ulcers and malnutrition in nursing homes: an intervention study.
2013
Author's accepted version (post-print). Background: Nursing documentation is essential for facilitating the flow of information to guarantee continuity, quality and safety in care. High-quality nursing documentation is frequently lacking; the implementation of computerized decision support systems is expected to improve clinical practice and nursing documentation. Aim: The present study aimed at investigate the effects of a computerized decision support system and an educational program as intervention strategies for improved nursing documentation practice on pressure ulcers and malnutrition in nursing homes. Design, setting and participants: An intervention study with two intervention grou…
Una anoressia “infiammatoria”
2020
Crohn's disease (CD) is an inflammatory disease with a chronic relapsing course and a wide spectrum of manifestations that sometimes overlaps the symptoms of other pathologies. The paper describes the case of a girl with anorexia and a following diagnosis of CD.
Los nombres del hambre. La construcción de las categorías médicas de la malnutrición
2012
Durant el període entre guerres, la fisiologia de la nutrició va incorporar un ampli coneixement experimental sobre calories, nutrients, vitamines i minerals. Les catàstrofes bèl·liques i les crisis econòmiques del període entre guerres varen estendre la fam en moltes zones del món. Les situacions extremes (refugiats, malalts, aturats, internats als camps de concentració) van propiciar les estratègies de racionament i també l’estudi dels símptomes de la fam, la seua dimensió clínica, els tipus de malalties i la malnutrició aguda. El present article analitza la construcció d’un saber mèdic sobre les conseqüències patològiques de la fam i la construcció mèdica del concepte de malnutrició.
Nutritional Status in Aging and Lung Disease
2016
Abstract Lung diseases exert a negative impact on nutritional status, especially among older patients where aging per se is already associated with relevant changes in nutrient intake, metabolism, and body composition. Both respiratory (increased respiratory work, hypoxia, and local oxidative stress and inflammation) and nonrespiratory (sarcopenia, reduced mitochondrial biogenesis and anabolic hormones, balance of orexigenic/anorexigenic neuropeptides, and systemic inflammation and oxidative stress) contribute to the association between lung diseases and malnutrition. For these reasons, nutritional assessments are of paramount importance in older patients with lung diseases. Current evidenc…
Supportive care of the older cancer patient
2003
Aging is associated with decreased functional reserve of multiple organ systems and with changes in the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodinamics of drugs. Older individuals express enhanced susceptibility to the complications of cytotoxic chemotherapy, especially to myleotoxicity, mucositis, cardiotoxicity and neurotoxicity. The management of older individuals with chemotherapy involves then prevention of these complications. General precautions include proper patient selection, based on the comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), dose adjustment for agents that are renally excreted to the patient creatinine clearance and maintenance of hemoglobin levelsor =12 g/dl. Filgrastim and pegfilgras…
Complémentarité et équilibre de l’apport alimentaire en protéines et en lipides
2003
The nature and level of dietary protein is liable to influence cholesterol and essential fatty acid (EFA) metabolism. Dietary vegetable protein, particularly the undigested fraction, decreases intestinal cholesterol absorption, increases the faecal excretion of steroids, and enhances the catabolism of cholesterol-carrying lipoproteins by increasing the activity or number of LDL receptors. However, the hypocholesterolemic effect of protein may be due to the presence of non-protein components and hence the purity degree of the selected protein, and the concomitant addition or not of cholesterol. Dietary proteins with different amino acid composition may modulate the secretion of hormones (e.g…