BACKGROUND The aim of this prospective, randomized, single-blinded study was to compare the effects of a carbohydrate drink 400 mL given 2 h before the surgery with preoperative overnight fasting on the gastric pH and residual volume, postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and antiemetic consumption in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty American So...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence and cause of parenteral nutrition-induced lipogenesis. DESIGN Retrospective patient review. SETTING A 40-bed predominantly surgical ICU. PATIENTS One hundred forty patients receiving central venous nutrition and mechanical ventilatory support. INTERVENTIONS Indirect calorimetry was used to determine patient's measured energy expenditure (MEE) and resp...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To assess the diet quality and eating behaviour of preschool children, investigate parents' feeding practices, and obtain information on the kindergarten nutrition environment of Hong Kong children aged 30-60 months. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN Dietary information was obtained using multiple 24-hour recalls. Questionnaires were developed to obtain information on childre...

Insulin resistance develops as a response to virtually all types of surgical stress. There is an increasing body of evidence that suggests that insulin resistance in surgical stress is not beneficial for outcome. A recent large study in intensive-care patients showed that aggressive treatment of insulin resistance using intravenous insulin reduced mortality and morbidity substantially. Similarl...

The horse evolved primarily as a grazing and browsing, hindgut fermenting herbivore, with a range of hydrolyzable and fermentable forage carbohydrates as its main source of energy. Pastures provide the primary habitat and nutrition for most horses, and the remaining stall-confined horses have approximately one-half of their nutrition supplied by conserved pasture, i.e., hay. Pasture composition...

The ketogenic diet (KD) restricts carbohydrate consumption, leading to an increase in ketone bodies, such as acetoacetate, β-hydroxybutyrate, and acetone, which are utilized energy substrates. This dietary approach impacts several biochemical processes, resulting improved clinical management of various disorders, particularly childhood. However, the exact mechanisms underlying efficacy KD remai...

The article proposes new strategies for the treatment of obesity-associated diabetes mellitus. aim work was to study effect a high-carbohydrate type nutrition on qualitative and quantitative composition gut microbiota feces rats possibility correcting microbiome with probiotic drug "Normobakt". Based results microflora is proposed as potential effective therapeutic target improving mellitus obe...