background: the aim of this study was to determine bioavailability heavy metal concentrations of cu, cd, cr, co and zn and health risk assessment in different types of klang district, selangor (malaysia) urban surface soil using in physiologically based extraction test in vitro human digestion model. methods: a total of 76 urban surface soil was sampled based on seven different types of land us...

conclusions our results showed that the study population perceived a high likelihood of cchf risk. improving public knowledge and awareness could result in a more realistic assessment of cchf risk, hence better compliance with taking precaution measures to tackle the disease. results approximately 70% of the respondents reported the cchf risk to be 'high'. factors independently associated with ...

Hospitalized patients who are undernourished are more likely to develop clinical complications and have relatively poor outcomes, with increased length of stay (LOS)1 and higher mortality compared with well-nourished patients. Provision of adequate nutritional support reduces the complication rate and improves outcome (1 ). Considerable efforts have therefore been made to identify patients at r...

Early identification of undernourished patients in the healthcare setting, and their nutritional treatment, are essential if the harmful effects of poor nourishment are to be avoided and care costs kept down. The aim of assessing nutritional status is to determine the general health of a patient from a nutritional viewpoint. All hospitalised patients should undergo nutritional screening within ...

OBJECTIVE Determining malnutrition and associated variables in the elderly. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among elderly people vaccinated against influenza in order to evaluate their nutritional status. Nutritional assessment was performed with the Mini Nutritional Assessment. To verify association of studied variables with the outcome, odds ratios was estimated using multiple...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: aging induces physiological changes and affects all of organs. nutritional status and mental health deteriorate with aging. as malnutrition and depression are main problem in elderly this study was performed to assess the association between malnutrition and depression among rural elderly. materials and methods: three hundred and seventy...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to evaluate the predictive accuracy of screening tools for assessing nutritional risk in hospitalized children in developed countries. METHODS The study involved a systematic review of literature (MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central databases up to January 17, 2014) of studies on the diagnostic performance of pediatric nutritional screening tools. ...

PURPOSE Elderly cancer patients are at increased risk for malnutrition. We aim to identify comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) based clinical factors associated with increased nutritional risk and develop a clinical scoring system to identify nutritional risk in elderly cancer patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS CGA data was collected from 249 Asian patients aged 70 years or older. Nutritiona...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition is a clinical state resulting in prolonged hospital stay, increase in severity of infections and poor wound healing. AIMS Our aim was to investigate the prevalence and etiologic factors of malnutrition in medical inpatients. STUDY DESIGN A total of 290 consecutively admitted internal medicine patients from February to May 2012 were included. On admission, demographic...

BACKGROUND & AIMS This study determined the association between phase angle (PhA), by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and nutritional risk by Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS-2002), Subjective Global Assessment (SGA), hospital length of stay (LOS) and 30 day non-survival in patients at hospital admission compared to healthy controls. METHODS PhA was determined by BIA in patients (n = 98...