I just want to give a shout-out to Anne Kielland and the others in the Tjenesten and MEg project that wrote their findings supported what patients...
This has been "news" for maybe 15 years (or more?). Heath care moving a glacier pace.
Like @SNT Gatchaman I think this will be from what has been learned through collaboration with other specialities in multi-disciplinary teams....
But you see the same with nutrition itself. I met a doctor at the NICU who told me milk allergy meant someone had to stay away from lactose/milk...
The use of PEG over NG is already in general guidelines for nutritional support, if it is believed support is needed for more than 4-6 weeks PEG...
Worms that can survive with only about 25% of their genetic material (given the environment is supportive enough, ie no need for genes that...
I was talking to my mother about the case, and she said they never had a problem feeding someone lying down when she worked as a nurse, it...
I might be biased, but I feel malnourishment is a medical issue. And if someone is not getting nutrition - they will die, so if enteral is not...
A PEG can be adviseable if nutrition support are assumed to last longer than 4-6 weeks, that's really all that is needed to use a PEG over a...
There are nutrition drinks that cannot be used as sole sources of nutrition, but there are more that can be.
If they follow ESPEN it should be the case. Though BAPEN write on their site on parenteral nutrition (which says it is to be updated):...
Reducing (or adding) environmental stimuli is one of the first things to try when helping someone eat. A problem I think can occur with (severe)...
Thank you for the clarification @MrMagoo :)
So the documents mentioned are what DCC provide their employees as information on ME?
I don’t understand what the DCC documents are. Could someone explain? Thanks for the recap @Nightsong!
I don't know the details on how much the thickness need to change before it becomes a problem, but the increased intestinal permeability is...
On the atrophy of the intestines with TPN, there are studies on morphology of the intestinal wall following a period of TPN feeding, such as this...
Malnutrition isn't, as has been stated in numerous reports from healthcare all over the world. For most it "only" gives longer hospital stays with...
@MSEsperanza With fluid there are f.ex common signs of dehydration to look for, but also doing an interview and calculating how much fluid someone...
Weight measured weekly, together with using a height measurement to look at BMI. This and a short food interview would be most common and easiest...
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