The aim of this study is to evaluate the nutritional status and quality life (QOL) in patients with unresectable pancreatic head cancer. This a retrospective assessment that included different parameters namely: current weight, weight loss, body mass index (BMI), bilirubin level (BT), serum albumin (ALB) C-reactive protein (CRP). Protein-calorie malnutrition was defined by risk (NRI) general di...

Because epidermal growth factor (EGF) is rapidly bound and internalized into rat pancreas, stimulates uptake of tritiated thymidine, and increases pancreatic weight, a cocarcinogenic effect on pancreatic cancer seemed likely. Pancreatic adenocarcinomas were induced in 70 female Syrian hamsters by 19 weekly s.c. injections of N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine (BOP) (10 mg/kg). From Wk 5 through Wk ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of dietary and lifestyle interventions in pregnancy on maternal and fetal weight and to quantify the effects of these interventions on obstetric outcomes. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES Major databases from inception to January 2012 without language restrictions. STUDY SELECTION Randomised controlled trials that evaluated any die...

CONTEXT Conventional dietary approaches for the treatment of obesity have generally yielded disappointing results. OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of a low-glycemic index (GI) diet compared with a standard reduced-fat diet in the management of pediatric obesity. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study of children attending an outpatient pediatric obesity program from September 1997 to December 1...

Fatty acid profiles and cholesterol content of whole-carcass ground tissue were compared from 26 transgenic (T) pigs expressing a bovine growth hormone gene (bGH) to 26 sibling control (C) pigs. All pigs were fed a common diet and were slaughtered at five different live weights: 14, 28, 48, 68, and 92 kg. The left side of each intact carcass was ground and tissue samples were analyzed for lipid...

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate perennial ryegrass straw as a forage source for ruminants. Experiment 1 evaluated digestion and physiological variables in steers offered perennial ryegrass straw containing increasing levels of ergot alkaloid, lolitrem B. Sixteen ruminally cannulated Angus × Hereford steers (231 ± 2 kg BW) were blocked by weight and assigned randomly to one of four tr...

We investigated ventilatory and metabolic demands in healthy adults when placed in the prone maximal restraint position (PMRP), i.e., hogtie restraint. Maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV) was measured in seated subjects (n=30), in the PMRP, and when prone with up to 90.1 or 102.3 kg of weight on the back. MVV with the heaviest weight was 70% of the seated MVV (122+/-28 and 156+/-38 L/min, respe...