abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Preoperative nutritional support in severely malnourished patients decreases complications after major surgery. This review summarizes previous studies on head and neck cancer patients undergoing surgery, and offers recommendations on preoperative nutritional support based on the literature and our ex...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Bertrand PC,Piquet MA,Bordier I,Monnier P,Roulet M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear factor kappa B family of inducible transcription factors regulates the expression of many genes. Nuclear factor kappa B has been implicated in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, infection, cell survival, and cell transformation with subsequent promotion of cancer. In this review, we summarize features o...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Holmes-McNary M

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-nutrient interactions have been recognized for decades. It is known that improper management of some of these interactions may lead to therapeutic failure or cause serious adverse effects to the patients. While most of the known drug-nutrient interactions involve changes in oral bioavailabilities and absorption o...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Chan LN

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant sterols have recently been recommended by the National Cholesterol Education Panel for use with the more traditional approaches of limiting saturated fat and cholesterol intakes, maintaining a healthy body weight and engaging in regular exercise, as a non-pharmacological approach to reduce low-density lipoprotei...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Lichtenstein AH

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephrotic patients show various abnormalities in protein kinetics. Plasma albumin levels and the total plasma albumin pool are reduced. The rate of hepatic absolute and fractional albumin synthesis are increased. Transferrin synthesis is also increased. Fibrinogen levels are elevated in nephrotic syndrome because of a...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Castellino P,Cataliotti A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The K vitamins, a group of napthoquinones, are required for the carboxylation of a limited number of proteins including the bone matrix protein osteocalcin. Vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) and vitamin K2 (menaquinones), differ regarding food source (green vegetables and fermented products, respectively), bioavailability an...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Zittermann A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food products have variously been reported as causing, perpetuating or treating irritable bowel syndrome. The evidence for this is reviewed with regard to recent studies investigating symptom reporting, mono- and disaccharide malabsorption and probiotics. The development of objective measures remains an urgent priorit...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Dunlop SP,Spiller RC

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute and chronic diseases are frequently characterized by alterations in energy metabolism that influence nutritional requirements and clinical care. Knowledge of the effect of disease on daily energy expenditure and its components is fundamental to understanding the impact of the disease process on energy balance. T...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Toth MJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：: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：:The majority of the resting energy expenditure can be explained by the energy needs of a few highly metabolic organs, making up a small percentage of the body by weight. The relationship of the specific size, individual metabolism, and proportional contribution to the actual body weight and total energy expenditure fo...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： McClave SA,Snider HL

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common methods for measuring the incorporation of tracer amino acids into tissue protein are the constant tracer infusion and the flooding dose. The flooding dose is an attractive method for measuring tissue protein synthesis because of its convenience and precision. A primary assumption of the method, that t...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Davis TA,Reeds PJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antioxidant nutrients are important for limiting damaging oxidative reactions in cells, which may predispose to the development of major clinical conditions such as heart disease and cancer. There is great interest in the possibility that the antioxidant potential of plant-derived phenolic compounds, such as flavonoid...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Duthie G,Crozier A

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteral feeding systems provide a mechanism for nutritional support for patients who may be unable to tolerate oral dietary sustenance. This review takes into account recent infection control issues relating to enteral feeding systems. The review is organized into the following areas of emphasis: infections associated...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Marion ND,Rupp ME

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipophilic molecules can passively diffuse across cell membranes, a process that is driven by the concentration gradient, by availability of acceptors to facilitate desorption from the bilayer, and by cellular metabolism. However, evidence has accumulated that supports the existence of specialized, protein-facilitated...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Abumrad NA,Sfeir Z,Connelly MA,Coburn C

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catabolism of fat-free mass affects both the quality of life and survival of patients. Because of variations in fluid status during acute illness, changes in body weight are difficult to evaluate and interpret during treatment. Nutritional assessment should therefore evaluate fat-free and fat mass changes during metab...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Kyle UG,Pichard C

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The underlying causative agent in the majority of patients with chronic liver disease is ethanol; the rest of the cases are largely viral in aetiology (hepatitis B or C viruses). Nutrition supplementation improves the quality of life and decreases morbidity in chronic liver disease, but evidence that it prolongs long-...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Gopalan S,Saran S,Sengupta R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:Home artificial nutrition is a mature technology that has been with us for over a quarter of a century. Its use appears to be more widespread in the USA than in other western countries. Issues of outcome, ethics, and quality of life are increasingly important. Complications continue to be reported, some newly recogniz...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Lipman TO

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review examines recent advances in the dietary modulation of gene expression in the gastrointestinal tract. We have chosen to concentrate on individual genes and examine what is known about their regulation, attempting to link different studies together. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Kelly EJ,Sanderson IR

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular signalling pathways controlling muscle protein synthesis and proteolysis are potential targets for anabolic/anti-catabolic therapy. In this review, we consider both the potentiation of the effect of anabolic hormones and suppression of the catabolic action of cytokines. Potential candidates, in parti...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Palmer RM,Thompson MG

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different types of dietary fatty acids have distinct, and sometimes opposing, effects on endothelial cell function. Long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids from fish oil (eicosapentaenoic-acid-20:5n-3 and docosahexaenoic-acid-22:6n-3) attenuate cytokine-induced adhesion molecule expression (mRNA and protein) while ...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Wahle KW,Rotondo D

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical illness and severe injury induce a number of neuroendocrine changes that initially enhance survival. However, for skeletal muscle, the hormonal environment is such that accelerated catabolism predominates. The prevailing hypercortisolemia is exacerbated by a resistance to or decreased production of anabolic h...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Ferrando AA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impairment of transsulphuration during methionine degradation in hepatic failure can be counteracted by treatment with S-adenosylmethionine. Regarding the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy, no convincing evidence exists for tryptophan, glutamine or glutamate being involved. Portal-systemic shunting-induced hy...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Holm E,Sedlaczek O,Grips E

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory methods for the measurement of micronutrients are usually based upon determinations in the peripheral blood. Most are relatively insensitive, but can screen for impending acute deficiency or toxicity. The metabolic responses to disease, injury and infection may alter the laboratory findings independently of...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Fell GS,Talwar D

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipids play an extraordinary range of roles in normal and deranged metabolism. In diabetes and obesity, lipids have often been seen just as impacting on the energy balance equation. New data are extending our understanding of how lipid subclasses influence carbohydrate and lipid metabolism at multiple control points: ...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Storlien LH,Hulbert AJ,Else PL

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crude measurements of nutritional status, such as body weight, are inadequate to assess the severity and consequence of malnutrition among inflammatory bowel disease patients. Functional deficiency resulting in osteopenia and muscle weakness have been demonstrated in these patients when compared to controls. Manipulat...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Burke A,Lichtenstein GR,Rombeau JL

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in separation science are leading to more sensitive and more specific analysis of the complex mixtures of metabolites, vitamins and nutrients found in biofluids. Recent developments include capillary electrokinetic separations such as capillary electrophoresis, and the linking of separation methods to new for...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Perrett D

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：:Essentially, there have not been any outstanding recent developments in nutritional assessment techniques. However, it would appear that the acceptance that there is no absolute gold standard for nutritional assessment has led to the development of disease specific and clinically relevant subjective global type-assess...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Downs JH,Haffejee A

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem with any attempt to feed patients in multiple organ failure is that, because of an ongoing inflammatory process, the conventional techniques of supplying energy and protein do not maintain lean tissue mass. In addition, the conventional markers of nutritional status, both anthropometric (body mass and comp...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Campbell IT

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a large number of published randomized prospective controlled clinical trials the indications for perioperative parenteral and enteral nutrition support remain controversial. This article reviews the reports of several recently published consensus conference reports and prospective randomized controlled trials...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Satyanarayana R,Klein S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00