Objective: Early and sufficient nutritional support is vital to improve outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury. This study aims to determine the effects of dietitian involvement in the nutritional and clinical outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injuries admitted to the neurosurgical ICU. Materials & Methods: Forty eight male patients with traumatic brain injuries admitted to P...

b a ckground: malnutrition has been the most prevalent problem in hospitalized patients during recent years, which accentuate the paramount importance of comprehensive nutritional  support  among  these  patients.  this  study  aimed  to provide a review of the recent literature about intensive care unit (icu) inpatients and their nutritional care. m ethods : this review on energy and nutrient ...

Better environmentally controlled broiler houses have resulted in many integrated broiler operations using the same dietary feed formulations in winter and summer months due to only minor differences in environmental temperature in the broiler house. Much research has addressed broiler nutrient needs in thermoneutral vs. hot temperature conditions, but research evaluating nutrient needs of broi...

Because of the rapid rate of anabolic processes and brain growth, no patient faces a more critical need for optimal nutrition than the low birthweight (LBW) infant. Nutritional requirements of these infants, however, remain unclear. Much of the controversy centers on the question: How fast should they grow? The Committee on Nutrition of the American Academy of Pediatrics (1) has stated that: "T...

Genetically modified rice that contains beta-carotene, widely known as Golden Rice (GR), has not yet been introduced in any country. It was developed to address Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in low-income rice consumers, but currently needs much more development and testing before it can be introduced into farmers’ fields. GR is the most famous biofortification effort undertaken with modern biotec...

Investigations in biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and nutrition are continually supporting the concept of biochemical individuality. Studies have shown that response to pharmacological agents varies widely from one individual to another and is affected by one's nutritional status. The same is true for nutritional responses; therefore, a test to determine metabolic individuality would be...