BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is common in cancer patients and worsens treatment and prognosis. The Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) is the best tool to evaluate malnutrition, but it is complicated has limited its routine clinical u...
Critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are at high risk of malnutrition, which can result in muscle atrophy, polyneuropathy, increased mortality, or prolonged hospitalizations with complications and higher costs during the recovery p...
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition, influenced by inflammation, is associated with muscle depletion and body composition changes. This study aimed to evaluate muscle mass and quality using Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enhanced ultrasonography in patients with ...
PURPOSE: Malnutrition remains a critical public health issue in low-income countries, significantly hindering economic development and contributing to over 50% of infant deaths. Under nutrition weakens immune systems, increasing susceptibility to com...
Background: disease-related malnutrition (DRM) affects 30-50 % of hospitalized patients and is often underdiagnosed, increasing risks of complications and healthcare costs. Traditional DRM detection has relied on manual methods that lack accuracy and...
Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle
Feb 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of an oral nutritional supplement (ONS) enriched with hydroxy-methyl-butyrate (HMB) in subjects with disease-related malnutrition (DRM) and to monitor these effects with an ultrasound Imaging Syste...
OBJECTIVES: Malnutrition is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality for children under-5 globally. Low- and middle-income countries, such as Kenya, bear the greatest burden of malnutrition. The Kenyan government has been collecting clinical indica...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Aug 22, 2024
This study explored machine learning's potential in predicting the nutritional status and outcomes for pneumonia patients. It focused on 4,368 patients in a Taiwan medical center from Jan 2016 to Feb 2022, excluding ICU cases. The average age was 77....
Studies in health technology and informatics
Apr 26, 2024
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition in hospitalised patients can lead to serious complications, worse patient outcomes and longer hospital stays. State-of-the-art screening methods rely on scores, which need additional manual assessments causing higher workload...
Advances in experimental medicine and biology
Jan 1, 2024
BACKGROUND: Recently, a method using deep learning has been developed to estimate the risk of developing dementia. This method uses general blood test data from routine health examinations that reveal lifestyle-related diseases, which can lead to vas...
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