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Can oral nutritional supplements increase energy and protein intake among hospitalized patients?

Rev. chil. nutr; 47 (4), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: Oral nutritional supplements aim at offsetting dietary deficits and helping to meet energy and protein targets. Due to the absence of data about their role in food intake, it is necessary to evaluate the contribution of these products to the estimated needs of hospitalized patients....

Meaning of Receiving Artificial Nutritional Support in People in the Postoperative Period of Abdominal Surgery

Invest. educ. enferm; 38 (2), 2020
Objective. This work sought to describe the meaning of receiving artificial nutritional support in people in the postoperative period of abdominal surgery. Methods. This was a qualitative study of grounded theory, following the guidelines by Corbin and Strauss. The information was collected through 26 in...

Soporte nutricional en tratamiento sustitutivo renal (hemodiálisis). Revisión y actualización bibliográfica

Diaeta (B. Aires); 38 (172), 2020
Resumen Introducción: los pacientes en hemodiálisis (HD) presentan alta prevalencia de desgaste proteico energético (DPE), caracterizado por pérdida simultánea de grasa y de músculo, inflamación y menor supervivencia. La implementación del soporte nutricional (SN) es fundamental en el tratamiento...

Nutritional assessment in chronic kidney disease: the protagonism of longitudinal measurement

J. bras. nefrol; 42 (1), 2020

Nutritional status and nutritional therapy in pediatric and adolescent patients submitted to autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Clin. biomed. res; 40 (3), 2020
Introduction: To assess the use of nutritional support in children and adolescents submitted to autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and analyze changes in nutritional status at hospital discharge after HSCT. Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted on pediatric on...

Gastrointestinal manifestations and nutritional therapy during COVID-19 pandemic: a practical guide for pediatricians

ABSTRACT Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which has spread globally in pandemic proportions. Accumulative evidence suggests SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted through the digestive system, the so-called fecal-oral rout...

Beneficência e Não-maleficência em Fim de Vida: O Caso da Nutrição e Hidratação Artificiais

Rev. Kairós; 22 (4), 2019
Com os avanços da medicina moderna e do conhecimento tecnológico, aumentou o número de pessoas com doenças crônicas e progressivas. Também as opções de tratar se diversificaram e, assim, adiar a morte tornou-se possível. Quando é necessário proceder à tomada de decisão sobre nutrição e hid...

Analysis of the differences between the prescribed and the administered diet to preterm infants using an electronic too

ABSTRACT Objective: To create an electronic instrument in order to analyze the adequacy of the preterm infants' nutritional therapy, checking the difference between the prescribed and the administered diet. Methods: A prospective and observational study on newborns with birthweight ≤1,500g and/...

Deuda calórica en una cohorte de pacientes hospitalizados en unidades de cuidado intensivo

Rev. chil. nutr; 46 (5), 2019
El soporte nutricional que se brinda a los pacientes críticos, constituye para la mayoría la única vía de acceso a través de la cual es posible cubrir sus requerimientos nutricionales diarios. Sin embargo, se ha identificado que la presencia de deuda calórica impide cubrir dichos requerimientos. Es...