background: protein energy malnutrition and inflammation in hemodialysis (hd) patients often leads to the malnutrition inflammation complex syndrome or atherosclerosis malnutrition and inflammation related to the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.   this syndrome occurs in patients undergoing dialysis for a long time and is accounted as an important factor of mortality among these patients...

The problems of malnutrition among under five children can be used to determine the need for nutritional surveillance, nutritional care, or appropriate nutritional intervention programmes in a community. The Objectives of the study were to study the stunting, wasting and underweight in under five children and to find out bio social characteristics associated with malnutrition. A hospital based ...

Malnutrition during critical periods in early life may increase the subsequent risk of hypertension and metabolic diseases in adulthood, but the underlying mechanisms are still unclear. We aimed to evaluate the effects of post-weaning protein malnutrition on blood pressure and vascular reactivity in aortic rings (conductance artery) and isolated-perfused tail arteries (resistance artery) from c...

BACKGROUND Brazil's National STD/AIDS Program is considered a model of success worldwide. However, AIDS-associated malnutrition continues in subgroups of Brazilian patients despite access to free highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). We aimed to identify the prevalence of malnutrition and associated factors among patients hospitalized with AIDS. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional ...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition and food insecurity are associated with increased mortality and poor clinical outcomes among people living with HIV/AIDS; however, the prevalence of malnutrition and food insecurity among people living with HIV/AIDS in Senegal, West Africa is unknown. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and severity of food insecurity and malnutrition among HIV-in...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition in patients admitted to hospital may have detrimental effects on recovery and healing. Malnutrition is preceded by a state of malnutrition risk, yet malnutrition risk is often not detected during admission. The aim of the current study was to investigate the magnitude and potential predictors of malnutrition risk in older adults, at hospital admission. METHODS A cross-...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition is associated with poor outcomes after stroke. Nutrition screening tools (NSTs) are used to identify patients at risk of malnutrition, but so far no NST has been validated for use with patients who have had a stroke. This study aimed to determine the ability of the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) to predict poor outcomes in stroke patients, including mortali...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Malnutrition is frequently observed in chronic and severe diseases and associated with impaired outcome. In Germany general data on prevalence and impact of hospital malnutrition are missing. METHODS Nutritional state was assessed by subjective global assessment (SGA) and by anthropometric measurements in 1,886 consecutively admitted patients in 13 hospitals (n=1,073, univer...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Malnutrition prevalence is unknown among elderly patients with diabetes mellitus. Our objectives were to determine malnutrition prevalence in elderly in patients with diabetes, and to describe their impact on prognosis. METHODS An observational multicenter study was conducted in 35 Spanish hospitals. Malnutrition was assessed with the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) tool...