Children in ICU recover faster with ‘little to no nutrition’
Children being treated in intensive care recover more quickly without artificial feeding, contrary to current practice, according to a team of international researchers. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - March 15, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Forgoing artificial nutrition and hydration
Question: Which of the following statements regarding artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) is least supported in ethics and/or law?
A. One may invoke medical futility and... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - March 9, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Forgoing artificial nutrition and hydration
Question: Which of the following statements regarding artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) is least supported in ethics and/or law?
A. One may invoke medical futility and... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - March 9, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Nathan’s wild ride: An appendectomy, two transplants and the journey ahead
Nathan, pre-transplant, during his Make-A-Wish trip to the San Diego Zoo
When the phone rang at the Natale family home in Loudonville, New York, during the early morning hours of Jan. 12, 2013, Nathan Natale knew exactly what it meant.
“My little sister had someone sleeping over. And I was like, ‘hello parents of friend, we gotta go.’”
The phone call was from Boston Children’s Hospital. A donor match had been found. The Natales quickly packed, hopped in the car and began the three-hour journey to the hospital for Nathan’s kidney and intestine transplant. But Nathan’s transplant journey didn’t begin here. It...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - January 18, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Emily Williams Tags: Diseases & Conditions Our Patients’ Stories dialysis intestinal transplant kidney transplant Pediatric Transplant Center (PTC) Source Type: news
What Are Risk Factors for Cholelithiasis?
Discussion
Bile is produced by the liver to aid absorption of fat soluble vitamins and lipids from the gastrointestinal tract and to transport bilirubin, cholesterol and other substances to the gastrointestinal tract. Bile is the main form of cholesterol excretion. Gallstones or cholelithiasis form when the balance of substances within the hepatobiliary tract favors supersaturation with crystal formation and gallstone formation. It is a dynamic state of affairs as gallstones can form and also have a high rate of resorption of up to 50%. Gallstones 3 mm are called gallstones.
Gallstones, while not as common as adult popul...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - January 4, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Harley Street's Dr Mark Bonar 'kept patient in the dark about her terminal cancer'
Dr Mark Bonar should have allowed the woman, who was staying in Mayfair, London, to have end-of-life care but instead allegedly gave her a form of potentially dangerous intravenous feeding. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Emerging Crisis for Seniors: It's Probably Not What You Think
As November is National Caregiver Month, I wanted to shine a light on a topic that caregivers and their loved ones are facing at increasing rates, but that very few people are talking about in public - senior malnutrition.The sheer number of malnourished elderly adults is truly staggering. One in three patients who are admitted to the hospital are affected by this condition. Patients diagnosed with malnutrition have a length of stay three times longer than those who do not arrive in a state of malnutrition. Patients who are malnourished prior to undergoing surgery have a 4 times higher risk of developing a pressure ulcer d...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
SLU hepatologist: Babies benefit from a little food in their tummies
(Saint Louis University) AJay Jain, M.D., medical director of the pediatric liver transplant program at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center and a SLUCare pediatric hepatologist and gastroenterologist, received a $150,000 grant from the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition to study preventative strategies for total parenteral nutrition associated disorders. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 28, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Should Ondansetron Be Used for Acute Gastroenteritis?
Discussion
Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a common illness worldwide and is “…defined as a decrease in the consistency of stools (loose or liquid) and/or an increase in the frequency of evacuations with or without fever or vomiting….” It is one of the most common reasons for seeking medical care and hospitalizations. In Europe, rotavirus and noroviruses are two of the most frequent viral agents causing AGE and Campylobacter and Salmonella are the most common bacterial AGE causes. For parasitic infections Giardia, and Crytosporidium are most common parasitic infections in Europe.
Recommendations for...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - August 24, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Parent Q&A: Tips for home parenteral nutrition
Thirteen-month-old Lenox Toth has an infectious smile and personality to match.
At 1-day-old, Lenox was diagnosed with midgut volvulus, a condition where the intestines are twisted, or form a kink, and suddenly cut off blood supply.
The tiny tot underwent a round of emergency corrective surgeries at Massachusetts General Hospital and one month later, was transferred to Boston Children’s Hospital for further surgical and nutritional management. He underwent an additional intestinal surgery at 2-months-old, and went home with his parents on home parenteral nutrition (HPN) management at 3-months-old.
HPN provides a home-ba...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - August 6, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Maureen McCarthy Tags: Our patients’ stories Dr. Bram Raphael home parenteral nutrition Source Type: news
NICE produces new draft guidelines on caring for the dying
"England's health watchdog has put forward new draft guidance to improve the care of adults in their last few days of life," BBC News reports.
The guidelines, produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), have been proposed as an alternative to the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway, which was phased out in 2014.
What was the Liverpool Care Pathway?
The Liverpool Care Pathway was developed during the late 1990s at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, in conjunction with the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute. It was intended to provide the best quality of care possible fo...
Source: NHS News Feed - July 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: QA articles Source Type: news
Omega-3 fatty acids may help improve treatment and quality of life in cancer patients
(American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.)) Adding omega-3 fatty acids to anti-tumor medications may improve treatment response and quality of life for cancer patients according to a new study by researchers at the University Hospitals of Leicester in the United Kingdom. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - July 28, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Documentation of hospital patients' malnutrition helps maximize care and reimbursement
(American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.)) Nutrition support professionals who are well-versed in proper documentation of malnutrition diagnoses in hospital patients can help ensure that hospitals receive maximum funding for patient care according to a new review. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 12, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Nature’s Most Powerful Age Fighter?
When I lecture at anti-aging conferences around the world, I get a good sense of what the leading anti-aging physicians are thinking about.
And I’m surprised by how many are still holding out hope for an anti-aging “drug.”
But I’m not holding my breath.
And even if the FDA approved a drug for aging, it would likely include a laundry list of side effects, and only affect a small range of age-related decline.
I’ve always had more faith in nature.
Many of the most powerful age fighters are naturally occurring, and they do a better job of supporting and lengthening your telomeres than any drug.
Te...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - July 6, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr. Al Sears Tags: Anti-Aging Nutrition omega 3 telomere vitamin C Source Type: news
From Shame to Love: Self-Love in the Making
Today I had the most wonderful experience.
I got to speak to the staff of Hopewell (hopewellrecovery.com), a program that offers extended care and transitional communities for individuals afflicted with substance abuse issues to help them build a foundation of recovery.
Why was it so wonderful, you might ask? Many of the staff that work at Hopewell are individuals who have been through and are continuing through the recovery process themselves. Each person in the room not only wanted to learn more in order to help their clients, but they also wanted to enrich themselves, their own lives, to continue healing their own sto...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
