Aim: Nutritional indicators are associated with adverse outcomes in critically ill elderly patients. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the prognostic potential of prealbumin and albumin prediction mortality patients sepsis. Material Method: A total 108 who developed intensive care unit-acquired sepsis were divided into two groups: Survivors (n=72) Non-survivors (n=36). Results: Patients group...

objective: although smoking increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, its quitting leads to weight gain due to increased appetite. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of face to face dietary counseling on metabolic syndrome (mets) indices in cigarette quitter. materials and methods: this 9-week parallel randomized clinical trial was conducted by participation of 50 patients wi...

A cross sectional study of 113 Savar tribal women of four villages of Keonjhar District, Orissa, India, was undertaken to examine age changes in anthropometric and body composition characteristics as well as to evaluate their nutritional status. Height, weight, circumferences and skinfolds data collected from subjects aged 41-75 years, along with body mass index and seven body composition varia...

The effects of the January 1994 devaluation of the African Financial Community (CFA) franc on the nutritional situation of the populations concerned has been little documented. We report in this article on two nutritional cross-sectional surveys that were conducted before and after this devaluation (1993 and 1996) in two districts of Brazzaville, Congo. The surveys involved a representative sam...

BACKGROUND In animal models, nutritional deficiency leads to profound qualitative changes in the lung beyond an effect on organ size. Although lung growth is non-isotropic, predictive values for spirometric lung function in children are corrected for height alone. Prediction of lung function should consider isotropic growth and nutritional status concurrently. AIM To establish whether nutriti...