Bedside ultrasound measurement of skeletal muscle.

abstract：:Despite the extensive current literature on ethics, very few publications have specifically addressed the ethical issues surrounding the provision of nutrition to perioperative patients. Four publications are particularly relevant and highly recommended [1-4]. This review is an attempt to draw attention to those ethic...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： MacFie J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To evaluate whether the diet of lactating women modulates the development of allergic disease in their children. RECENT FINDINGS:Although maternal avoidance of common food protein allergens was previously recommended for lactating women with infants predisposed to allergic disease, recent expert revi...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Palmer DJ,Makrides M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:A new nutrition-related risk assessment tool, the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI), has been recently proposed. The aim of this review is to summarize current evidences on the use of this tool with particular focus on the rationales of its application in elderly healthcare. RECENT FINDINGS:Str...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Cereda E,Pedrolli C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:High-fat diets lead to obesity and increase the risk of developing insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Adipose tissue and skeletal muscle act as endocrine organs, and produce various cytokines that can potentially alter peripheral insulin sensitivity. The purpose of the present review is to briefl...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Stefanyk LE,Dyck DJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize the literature concerning the relationship between meal patterns and childhood obesity. Literature searches of MEDLINE and the Cochrane Library were performed in October 2009 for studies published in the last 18-24 months. RECENT FINDINGS:Available data indicate that not only meal compos...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Patro B,Szajewska H

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:There has been growing evidence that lifestyle factors may affect the health and lifespan of an individual by affecting telomere length. The purpose of this review was to highlight the importance of telomeres in human health and aging and to summarize possible lifestyle factors that may affect health ...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Shammas MA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Skeletal muscle is gaining increased attention as an endocrine organ. Recently, novel myokines and new effects of already established myokines have been identified. The objective of this review is to give an update on the recent advances in the field. RECENT FINDINGS:Several hundred putative myokines...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Karstoft K,Pedersen BK

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The function and use of vitamin D supplementation has become very controversial. This review attempts to provide a balanced perspective with respect to the experimental findings published in the past 18 months. RECENT FINDINGS:The recent contrasts between the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report and th...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Hollis BW

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Postoperative complications in gastrointestinal elective surgery have been described as low. In certain circumstances, however, such as those including high-risk patients, the incidence is higher. In such situations, bacteremia and infectious complications may be caused by translocation of either gast...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Correia MI,Nicoli JR

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Growth hormone is a powerful anabolic hormone necessary for normal growth, but its importance in maintaining the cellular and protein mass in adult life is still unclear. However, it is viewed as a drug capable of combating the tissue loss and some metabolic derangements of aging. Growth hormone exces...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Battezzati A,Bertoli S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The diagnosis of aspiration and its origin in patients on enteral tube feeding is challenging to the physician and provides an important means to prevent pneumonia. This review examines the most recent studies and developments in the field with an approach to the technical aspects of diagnostic method...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Gomes GF,Campos AC,Pisani JC,Macedo ED,Vieira MC

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this article is to emphasize the importance of malnutrition in frail institutionalized elderly and discuss recent interventions that have been shown to decrease its prevalence. RECENT FINDINGS:A Medline search was conducted from 1968 to 2007 under the search terms aging, nutrition, and nur...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Labossiere R,Bernard MA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Recent literature suggests dietary glutamine supplementation may lower blood glucose in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D), who have no residual insulin secretion. The mechanisms and potential relevance to the care of T1D remain unclear. RECENT FINDINGS:Glutamine is involved in multiple pathways inc...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Darmaun D,Torres-Santiago L,Mauras N

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Skeletal muscle metabolic energy, needed to maintain contractile activity, is mainly obtained from glucose and long-chain fatty acids. Recent studies have revealed a remarkable parallel between the regulation of uptake of glucose and fatty acids by muscle, in that each is mediated by sarcolemmal trans...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Glatz JF,Bonen A,Luiken JJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver plays a central role in the control of glucose production. It is also involved in the regulation of insulin secretion and sensitivity through neural pathways. This review will address recent developments in the mechanisms by which hepatic metabolism affects glucose homeostasis in health and disease. Oral glu...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Tappy L,Minehira K

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New results on the physiological properties of conjugated linoleic acid have been published by several working groups, especially showing the effects of single conjugated linoleic acid isomers on carcinogenesis and body composition. Recently, other studies have shown that conjugated linoleic acid has an influence on d...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Sébédio JL,Gnaedig S,Chardigny JM

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The obesity paradox is a highly controversial concept that may be attributed to methodological limitations related to its identification. One of the primary concerns is the use of BMI to define obesity. This index does not differentiate lean versus adipose tissue compartments (i.e. body composition) c...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Prado CM,Gonzalez MC,Heymsfield SB

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) is used internationally as the reference method for proactive risk assessment (screening), assessment, monitoring and triaging for interventions in patients with cancer. This review aims to explain the rationale behind and data support...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Jager-Wittenaar H,Ottery FD

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The pathogenesis of coronary heart disease is of multifactorial origin. Probably, not all risk factors are satisfactorily understood. This article outlines beneficial vitamin D effects on cardiac function and the vasculature. In addition, human data associating serum vitamin D metabolite levels or ora...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Zittermann A,Koerfer R

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Preventing unintentional weight and muscle loss is of crucial importance to maintain the condition and well-being of patients with cancer, improve treatment response and tolerance, and prolong survival. Anabolic resistance might explain why some cancer patients do not respond to nutritional interventi...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Engelen MP,van der Meij BS,Deutz NE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Malnutrition is highly prevalent in hospitalized patients. Despite this, it is not routinely assessed in most hospitals worldwide. One of the reasons that might explain this fact is that there is no gold-standard nutritional assessment tool, and much has been written advocating this or that technique....

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Waitzberg DL,Correia MI

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article is intended to briefly overview available methodological approaches for the study of regional metabolism in man in vivo, and to summarize recent advances in this field of research. RECENT FINDINGS:Several methods have been developed and currently allow for the qualitative and quantitativ...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Magkos F,Sidossis LS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is increasing worldwide and there is strong evidence that dietary factors play a role in its pathogenesis. The present review aims to provide a better understanding of how carbohydrates and other macronutrients may affect the disease. RECENT FINDINGS...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Lê KA,Bortolotti M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine is a non-essential amino acid in mammals as judged from nitrogen balance study. Citrulline is synthesized from glutamate in the small intestine, whilst kidneys and some other tissues convert citrulline to arginine. Ornithine transcarbamylase and carbamylphosphate synthetase are expressed in liver and small in...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Wakabayashi Y

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize recent findings that docosahexaenoate (DHA) is the precursor of stereospecific derivatives with anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective properties. RECENT FINDINGS:The docosahexaenoate-derived mediator neuroprotectin D1 is formed in retinal pigment epithelial cells when confronted with oxid...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Bazan NG

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Vascular function is recognized as an early and integrative marker of cardiovascular disease. While there is consistent evidence that the quantity of dietary fat has significant effects on vascular function, the differential effects of individual fatty acids is less clear. This review summarizes recen...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Lovegrove JA,Griffin BA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews recent epidemiologic and intervention studies addressing the impact of hyperglycemia on morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. It also discusses a growing body of literature examining why elevated blood glucose occurs in hospitalized patients without previously recogn...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Falciglia M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of many different rodent models of muscle wasting have indicated that accelerated proteolysis via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway is the principal cause of muscle atrophy induced by fasting, cancer cachexia, metabolic acidosis, denervation, disuse, diabetes, sepsis, burns, hyperthyroidism and excess glucocort...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Jagoe RT,Goldberg AL

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Leucine does not only serve as a substrate for protein synthesis but is also recognized as a potent signal nutrient that regulates protein metabolism. Accordingly, leucine supplementation has been suggested to develop muscle mass or prevent protein loss in several conditions characterized by muscle pr...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Balage M,Dardevet D

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Overweight and obesity represent a significant health burden during pregnancy, placing women and their infants at increased risk of adverse health outcomes. Although there is considerable observational literature describing the effect of gestational weight gain in pregnancy, research efforts have focu...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Dodd JM,O'Brien CM,Grivell RM

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00