PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT CLINICSwww.physicianassistant.theclinics.comConsulting EditorsKIM ZUBERJANE S. DAVISOctober 2022 • Volume 7 Number 4 CLINICS www.physicianassistant.theclinics.com Consulting Editors KIM ZUBER JANE DAVIS October

Health care providers could help achieve the necessary shift to healthful eating and active living; however, lack of coverage or reimbursement, lack of time, and limited information about appropriate interventions are some of the documented barriers. This report highlights the potential for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) implementation in the relatively nontraditi...

This study sought to examine whether Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation and benefit levels are associated with reduced subsequent hospital and emergency department utilization in low-income older adults. Study participants were 68,956 Maryland residents aged ≥65 years who were dually enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid (2009-2012). Annual inpatient hospital days and co...

OBJECTIVE Evaluate the compliance of septic patients' nutritional management with enteral nutrition guidelines for critically ill patients. METHODS Prospective cohort study with 92 septic patients, age ≥ 18 years, hospitalized in an intensive care unit, under enteral nutrition, evaluated according to enteral nutrition guidelines for critically ill patients, compliance with caloric and protein...

It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that child-care programs should achieve recommended benchmarks for meeting children's nutrition needs in a safe, sanitary, and supportive environment that promotes optimal growth and development. Use of child care has become increasingly common and is now the norm for the majority of families in the United States. Therefore, it is essentia...

OBJECTIVE To describe current nutrition practices in intensive care units and determine "best achievable" practice relative to evidence-based Critical Care Nutrition Clinical Practice Guidelines. DESIGN An international, prospective, observational, cohort study conducted January to June 2007. SETTING One hundred fifty-eight adult intensive care units from 20 countries. PATIENTS Two-thousa...

PARENTERAL NUTRITION HAS BEEN in common use since the 1960s and is accepted as the standard of care for patients with chronic nonfunctioning gastrointestinal tracts. In critical illness, controversy surrounds the appropriate use of parenteral nutrition, but largescale trials have begun to answer important questions. Published in2011,EPaNIC(EarlyParenteral Nutrition Completing Enteral Nutrition ...