PURPOSE The presence of gastrointestinal (GI) cancer and its treatment might aggravate patient nutritional status. Malnutrition is one of the major factors affecting the postoperative course. We evaluated changes in perioperative nutritional status and risk factors of postoperative severe malnutrition in the GI cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nutritional status was prospectively evalua...

BACKGROUND Severe malnutrition is a common cause of morbidity and mortality among children less than five years of age. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has developed two manuals for the in-patient treatment of severe malnutrition. However, these manuals are not widely distributed with the result that most health practitioners caring for severely malnourished children unknowingly use practic...

Background: Malnutrition is known to be a poor prognostic factor affecting the outcome of pediatric cancers. The objective this study was assess pre-existing malnutrition in newly diagnosed cancer patients presenting at Pediatric Oncology Department, Children Hospital, PIMS and their number hospital admissions due causes other than chemotherapy.
 Methodology: Data 44 children with analyzed...

Severe malnutrition can significantly compromise autonomic nervous system. However, less is known about the cardiac autonomic activity in mild and moderate grades of malnutrition in children. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the effect of mild/moderate malnutrition on heart rate variability (HRV), a non invasive tool to estimate the cardiac autonomic activity. A cross sectio...

BACKGROUND The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a health information system (HIS) in 2005 to enhance quality and consistency of routine health information available in post-emergency refugee camps. This paper reviews nutrition indicators and examines their application for monitoring and evaluating the performance of UNHCR nutrition programs in more than 90 refugee ...