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...
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...
PURPOSE: Nutritional status is an established driver of cancer outcomes, but there is an insufficient workforce of registered dietitians to meet patient needs for nutritional counseling. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) afford t...
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...
Zhonghua yu fang yi xue za zhi [Chinese journal of preventive medicine]
Dec 6, 2022
Nowadays in China, digital technology is sweeping all walks of life. To deal with the increasing incidence of chronic diseases and people's pursuit of a healthy life expectancy, modern nutrition, which is a core element in the prevention and treatmen...
Zhonghua yu fang yi xue za zhi [Chinese journal of preventive medicine]
Feb 6, 2022
The following 10 to 15 years will be a key strategic period for China to improve national nutrition and health. As people's understanding of health and disease continues to deepen, health was defined as a series of signs that can maintain physiologic...
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
Feb 20, 2021
BACKGROUND: The mortality risk remains significant in paediatric and adult patients on chronic haemodialysis (HD) treatment. We aimed to identify factors associated with mortality in patients who started HD as children and continued HD as adults.
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and insufficiency (VDI) are public health problems in many countries, and limited data is available on the prevalence of VDD/VDI in Sri Lanka.
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