OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of stunting and micronutrient deficiencies in malnourished children admitted in a tertiary care hospital. METHODS It was a cross-sectional study conducted at Paediatric department of Civil Hospital Karachi from January 2007 to December 2008. Patients aged 6 to 60 months, admitted in the ward were assessed for nutritional status and stunting according to th...

OBJECTIVES This paper evaluates the nutritional status in patients with mild-moderate and severe Alzheimer's disease (AD) by bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA). DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Alzheimer Center, SS. Trinita Hospital, Cagliari, and "Monsignor Angioni" Nursing Home, Quartu Sant'Elena (Cagliari, Italy). PARTICIPANTS 83 free-living patients with mild-moderate...

Abstract INTRODUCTION Malnutrition in hospitals is increasingly becoming more problematic, although its severity surgical emergency patients has yet to be researched depth. It entails higher rates of morbimortality as well an increase both days hospitalized and re-admissions which inflates health care-related costs. MATERIAL AND METHODS Using GLIM (Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition) ...

We observed that poor psychosocial care had high association with malnutrition, and that the interactions between SAM children and their parents were less optimal than for the controls. The restriction of movement leading to lesser interaction with the surroundings, curtailed independence, volition activity, and the ability to ask for or obtain food could lead to malnutrition [4]. If mother is ...

The study sought to analyze the presence of depression, cognitive function, nutritional status and factors associated with malnutrition in the elderly undergoing treatment for cancer. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a cancer clinic in Minas Gerais, which included the application of a sociodemographic and health questionnaire, assessment of depressive symptoms, cognitive function and nu...

INTRODUCTION Half of Kenya's high infant and under five mortality rates is due to malnutrition. Proper implementation of World Health Organization's (WHO) Evidence Based Guidelines (EBG) in management of severe acute malnutrition can reduce mortality rates to less than 5%. The objectives were to establish the level of adherence to WHO guideline and the proportion of children appropriately manag...