Nutrition
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We determined the nutrition status and prevalence of malnutrition as determined by the Subjective Global Assessment in Latin America, investigated the awareness of the health team with regard to nutrition status, evaluated the use of nutritional therapy, and assessed the governmental policies regulating the practice of nutritional therapy in each country. ⋯ Hospital malnutrition in Latin America is highly prevalent. Despite this prevalence, physicians' awareness of malnutrition is weak, nutritional therapy is not used routinely, and governmental policies for nutritional therapy are scarce.
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The study assessed the adequacy of nutrition support in critically ill infants and children and identifies barriers impeding the delivery of estimated energy requirement (EER). ⋯ This study highlights the inadequacy of nutrition support in critically ill children in the PICU. Restriction of fluid intake was the main barrier to the delivery of adequate nutrition, particularly in infants undergoing cardiac surgery.
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Comparative Study
Comparison of bioelectrical impedance prediction equations for fat-free mass in a population-based sample of 75 y olds: the NORA study.
We evaluated the performance of different prediction equations to estimate fat-free mass (FFM) from bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) in the elderly. ⋯ Different prediction equations produced different values for FFM. The age-specific equations developed in other populations underestimated FFM, whereas FFM(GEN) produced an unbiased estimate of FFM in males but not in females. Thus, the BIA prediction equation needs to be developed and validated in the population under study.