Search results for "Nutrition"
Thick liquid diet may not improve outcomes in patients with dementia, dysphagia
A cohort study found no difference in hospital mortality and higher risk for respiratory complications in patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementias who received a thick versus thin liquid diet.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/15/thick-liquid-diet-may-not-improve-outcomes-in-patients-with-dementia-dysphagia.htm
15 May 2024
Nutritional support didn't reduce mortality in inpatients with high C-reactive protein levels
A secondary analysis of a trial that randomized patients at risk of malnutrition to protocol-guided individualized nutritional support or standard hospital food found benefits only in patients with low to moderate levels of inflammation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/18/3.htm
18 Mar 2020
Nutritional support associated with improved outcomes in malnourished, at-risk inpatients
Findings of an updated systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that all hospitalized patients should be screened with a validated nutrition-screening tool, and those at risk should receive individualized nutrition support, an accompanying editorial said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/27/1.htm
27 Nov 2019
Individualized nutritional support in the hospital associated with slightly better clinical outcomes
Medical inpatients at nutritional risk began receiving nutritional support as determined by dietitians no more than 48 hours after hospital admission, and their outcomes were compared to a group of at-risk patients randomized to standard hospital food.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/08/2.htm
8 May 2019
Obesity and malnutrition are not mutually exclusive
Evidence suggests malnutrition counteracts ‘obesity paradox’.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/nutrition.htm
15 Feb 2015