Objective: Development and validation of a quick and easy screening tool for the early detection of undernourished residents in nursing homes and residential homes. Design: Multi-center, cross sectional observational study. Setting: Nursing homes and residential homes. Participants: The screening tool was developed in a total of 308 residents (development sample; sample A) and cross validated i...

PURPOSE Automated systems able to infer detailed measures of a person's social interactions and physical activities in their natural environments could lead to better understanding of factors influencing well-being. We assessed the feasibility of a wireless mobile device in measuring sociability and physical activity in older adults, and compared results with those of traditional questionnaires...

IMPORTANCE Cost containment is at the forefront of responsible health care delivery. One way to decrease costs is to decrease hospital length of stay (LOS). Data are lacking on factors contributing to LOS in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) undergoing fibular free-tissue reconstruction (FFTR) of head and neck defects. OBJECTIVE To identify factors contributing to increased LOS followi...

BACKGROUND Patients with subclinical tuberculosis, smear-negative tuberculosis, extrapulmonary tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and asymptomatic tuberculosis are difficult to diagnose and may be missed at all points of health care. We did an autopsy study to ascertain the burden of tuberculosis at post mortem in medical inpatients at a tertiary care hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. ...

the study was carried out to evaluate the effects of complete replacement of maize with two varieties of guinea corn and two varieties of millets on the growth performance and nutrient retention in broiler chickens. five isonitrogenous and isocaloric diets for the broiler starter (23.5% cp; 2800 kcal/me) and finisher (21.5% cp; 2900 kcal/me) phases were formulated. diet 1 consisted on a maize b...

our objective was to examine the effect of inclusion of dried de-oiled savory (satureja khuzistanica; dds) on production performance and fatty acids composition of longissimus muscle (lm) of finishing lambs. 30 farhani lambs with average body weight of 33.6±1.4 kg were used. the lambs were randomly divided into five groups and individually fed with the experimental diets. in the experimental di...

The study was carried out to evaluate the effects of complete replacement of maize with two varieties of guinea corn and two varieties of millets on the growth performance and nutrient retention in broiler chickens. Five isonitrogenous and isocaloric diets for the broiler starter (23.5% CP; 2800 kcal/ME) and finisher (21.5% CP; 2900 kcal/ME) phases were formulated. Diet 1 consisted on a maize b...

CONTEXT Tobacco increases the risk of systemic diseases, and it has adverse effects on pregnancy. However, only indirect data have been published on a possible genotoxic effect on pregnancy in humans. OBJECTIVES To determine whether maternal smoking has a genotoxic effect on amniotic cells, expressed as an increased chromosomal instability, and to analyze whether any chromosomal regions are e...