Malnutrition and gastrointestinal disease

Abstract

The recognition of several disease processes that cause or are associated with gastrointestinal malabsorption has led to extensive investigation into their pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment. This review of selected articles covers a range of subjects related to some of the more common malabsorptive disease. Selected topics including celiac disease, disaccharidase deficiencies, short bowel syndrome, and Crohn disease are discussed.

Geriatric nutritional risk index predicts poor outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke - Automated undernutrition screen tool

“…Baseline characteristics, including age, gender, body mass index (BMI), premorbid mRS score data, history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), dyslipidemia, current smoking (last cigarette within 6 months), previous stroke/transient ischemic stroke (TIA), and heart disease such as atrial fibrillation or coronary heart disease, were collected. In addition, chronic conditions related to malnutrition such as gastrointestinal disease (mechanical obstruction, intestinal fistula, inflammatory bowel disease), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic renal disease, and malignancy treated within the past 6 months (esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, liver, pancreas, lung, head and neck cancer, leukemia, lymphoma or sarcoma) were evaluated [10][11][12][13][14]. The height and weight of the patient on admission were measured using an automatic scale (Model GL-150, G-Tech International, Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) by skilled nurses.…”

Nutrition

“…Zusätzlich hemmen Kor-tikosteroide die Kalziumabsorption und führen zu Magnesiurie [20]. Andere Beispiele potenzieller Interaktionen zwischen Medikamenten und Nahrungsinhaltsstoffen beinhalten die kompetitive Hemmung der Folataufnahme durch Sulphasalazin [7,21], reduzierte Absorption von Fetten und fettlöslichen Vitaminen durch Colestyramin und einen veränderten Vitamin-K-Status durch Antibiotika [7].…”