The complexities of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor therapeutic drug monitoring in a person with cystic fibrosis and Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary disease by Claire Y Mou, Daniel J Henderson, Angela G Matson, Karen M Herd, David W Reid, Timothy Riddles, Ellie Johnson, Brett McWhinney, Rebecca Swenson, Andrew Burke, Ieuan E S Evans

“…This case highlights the challenges surrounding ETI TDM in the context of acute severe illness, malnutrition, chronic infection, and drug-to-drug interactions. …”
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Stunting and Its Determinants among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Northern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Shiferaw Abeway, Bereket Gebremichael, Rajalakshmi Murugan, Masresha Assefa, Yohannes Mehretie Adinew

“…Low weight at birth, female sex, older age, mistimed initiation of complimentary feeding, and mothers’ lack of ANC visit were found to have significant relation with children’s chronic malnutrition. Thus, interventions shall effectively address those factors to alleviate the problem.…”
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Ketogenic diet treatment for super-refractory status epilepticus in the intensive care unit: feasibility, safety and effectiveness by Yishu Ren, Mengyao Zhang, Xinxiao Fu, Yan Zhang, Fang Liu, Chenglin Wu, Haiyan Shi, Fei Tian, Gang Liu, Yicong Lin, Yingying Su, Weibi Chen

“…Side effects varied, and included gastrointestinal intolerances, malnutrition and metabolic abnormalities, electrolyte disturbance, and acute weight loss, although most of them could be corrected. …”
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Associated Factors Among Public Primary Second‐Cycle Schoolchildren in Debre Markos Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Abtie Abebaw, Gebreselassie Demeke, Hylemariam Mihiretie Mengist, Mengistu Endalamaw, Gizew Damtie Demeke

“…The burden of intestinal parasites is worse in schoolchildren, which leads to absenteeism from school, lower cognitive ability, affects academic performance, and causes malnutrition and anemia. While many studies have been reported, there is a paucity of published data in Debre Markos. …”
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Maternal milk fat globule membrane enriched gut L. murinus and circulating SCFAs to improve placental efficiency and fetal development in intrauterine growth restricted mice model by Cuiping Feng, Yujun Wu, Xiangyu Zhang, Shuxian Wang, Junjun Wang, Huixia Yang

“…Our findings will provide theoretical support for the application of MFGM in the maternal–placental-fetal nutrition to address pregnancy malnutrition-induced IUGR.…”
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Effects of dietary bile acid on the growth performance, intestinal health, blood biochemistry, and antioxidative response of Nile tilapia (Oreochromus niloticus) fed high-fat diets by Mahmoud A.O. Dawood, Sameh El-Dahan, Samy Elsaadawy, Ahmed E. Noreldin, Hani Sewilam

“…Thereby, bile acid (BA) is proposed to relieve the lipid metabolism dysfunction, oxidative stress, and malnutrition caused by HF. In this study, Nile tilapia (4.97 ± 0.34 g) were distributed in six groups in triplicates and stocked in fifteen 100 L plastic tanks. …”
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Rheological Properties of Dysphagia Food Purees Prepared according to IDDSI Framework by Zheng Wan, Yan Wang, Xiaodong Shi, Wen Hu, Yihan Zhao, Xinying Liu, Jiuming Yan, Yishu Lyu, Yu Xue, Linhua Zhou, Guoyuan Qiu, Xile Jiang

“…The increasing prevalence of dysphagia in aging populations poses a significant risk of malnutrition due to compromised ingestion abilities. …”
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Diet management of older subjects with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: The efficacy of ready-made texture-modified and fortified meals by Nikolina Jukic Peladic, Paolo Orlandoni, Laura Bartoloni, Giulia Giulioni, Claudia Venturini, Alessia Fumagalli

“…Summary: Background: In-home prepared texture-modified diets are not efficient in preventing the consequences of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia (OD); malnutrition and aspiration pneumonia. Difficulties with their preparation and administration aggravate also the burden of caregivers. …”
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Developing a patient-centered measure to assess food-related and nutrition-related quality of life in patients with cancer by Seth Berkowitz, Mackenzie Kemp, Sara Beachy, Karla Martin, Brooke Worster, Richard W Hass, Iyaniwura Olarewaju, Kristin L Rising

“…Background Malnutrition and food insecurity are common challenges among patients with cancer. …”
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Association between psoas muscle mass index and bone mineral density in patients undergoing hemodialysis by Kiyonori Ito, Susumu Ookawara, Hidenori Sanayama, Hideo Kakuda, Chieko Kanai, Katsuo Iguchi, Mitsutoshi Shindo, Keisuke Tanno, Shun Ishibashi, Masafumi Kakei, Kaoru Tabei, Yoshiyuki Morishita

“…Abstract Patients undergoing dialysis are at risk of osteoporosis and sarcopenia because of mineral and bone disorders or malnutrition. Additionally, maintaining muscle mass is important to prevent osteoporosis. …”
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Using CT imaging to identify sarcopenia as a risk factor for severe falls in older adults by Nadja Fries, Angeliki Kotti, Mischa Woisetschläger, Anna Spångeus

“…Conclusions These results underscore the importance of addressing sarcopenia and related risk factors, including malnutrition, in the management and prevention of severe falls in the elderly population. …”
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Periplanta americana extract regulates the Th17/Treg cell balance via Notch1 in ulcerative colitis by Yanqiu Zheng, Yanqiu Zheng, Huibiao Li, Shiyu Qi, Fan Xiao, Jinbin Song, Shiyin Liu, Xinlin Chen, Yanwu Li, Muyuan Chen

“…BackgroundPeriplanta americana extract (PAE), a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) from Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing, has been used to treat ulcerative colitis (UC), various types of wounds and ulcers, infantile malnutrition, palpitation, asthma, and so on. However, the exact mechanisms of PAE in UC have still not been fully revealed. …”
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Dietary practice and associated factors among lactating mothers in Dangila District in the Awi Zone Amhara region Ethiopia, 2022: a cross-sectional study by Sileshi Mulatu, Getasew Mulatu, Azeb Gedif

“…Addressing these challenges is essential to achieving global objectives such as reducing malnutrition, improving maternal health, and ensuring healthy child development.…”
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Appropriate Complementary Feeding Practice and Its Associated Factors among Mothers Who Have Children Aged between 6 and 24 Months in Ethiopia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Asrat Hailu Dagne, Shimeles Biru Zewude, Abenezer Melkie Semahegn

“…Appropriate complementary feeding practices prevent malnutrition among children. The proportion and determinant factors of appropriate complementary feeding practices identified by different studies were inconsistent in Ethiopia. …”
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Comparação entre os Critérios GLIM, o Consenso de Caquexia do Câncer e a ASG-PPP VR para o Diagnóstico Nutricional de Pacientes com Câncer Avançado em Cuidados Paliativos by Emanuelly Varea Maria Wiegert, Gabriella da Costa Cunha, Larissa Calixto-Lima

“…Objetivo: Avaliar a concordância dos critérios do Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) e do consenso de caquexia do câncer com avaliação subjetiva global produzida pelo paciente versão reduzida (ASG-PPP VR) para diagnóstico nutricional de pacientes com câncer avançado em cuidados paliativos. …”
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Low L3 skeletal muscle index and endometrial cancer: a statistic pooling analysis by Na Aru, Congyu Yang, Yuntian Chen, Jiaming Liu

“…Abstract Objective Sarcopenia, a condition characterized by the gradual decline of muscle mass, strength, and function, is a key indicator of malnutrition in cancer patients and has been linked to poor prognoses in oncology. …”
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Chronic Energy Deficiency and Its Determinant Factors among Adults Aged 18–59 Years in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Samuel Dagne, Yonatan Menber, Yosef Wassihun, Gedefaw Dires, Atitegeb Abera, Seteamlak Adane, Melese Linger, Zelalem T. Haile

“…The Ministry of Health with other partners should strictly monitor and evaluate interventions that are being applied and should give focus to adult men to prevent malnutrition.…”
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Time to dietary diversity of complementary feeding improvements and its associated factors among infants aged 6–12 months in Ethiopia: evidence from performance monitoring for acti... by Feyisa Shasho Bayisa, Teshome Demis Nimani, Samuel Demissie Darcho, Abainash Tekola

“…It suggests that public health interventions should focus on enhancing maternal knowledge and promoting regular healthcare visits to mitigate malnutrition and improve infant health outcomes in Ethiopia.…”
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aDolescent and prEconception health peRspectiVe of Adult Non-communicable diseases (DERVAN): protocol for rural prospective adolescent girls cohort study in Ratnagiri district of K... by Suvarna Patil, Netaji Patil, Charudatta Joglekar, Arvind Yadav, Anup Nilawar, Ulka Banavali, Rohit Bhat, Vijay Dombale, Bhushan Warpe, Rachana Mohite, Kiran Joshi

“…By this longitudinal study, we aim to identify the effects of malnutrition on the behavioural and biological measures in adolescent subjects and evaluate if these are associated with the onset of NCDs in adulthood.Ethics and dissemination Institutional Ethic Committee (IEC) of BKL Walawalkar Rural Medical College and Hospital has granted the permission to carry out the study. …”
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Association between vitamin D deficiency and major depression in patients with chronic kidney disease: a cohort study by I-Wen Chen, I-Wen Chen, Wei-Ting Wang, Yi-Chen Lai, Yi-Chen Lai, Ying-Jen Chang, Yao-Tsung Lin, Kuo-Chuan Hung, Kuo-Chuan Hung

“…In patients with VDD, cerebrovascular disease, malnutrition, and ischemic heart disease are risk factors for depression.ConclusionVDD is independently associated with increased depression risk in patients with CKD, particularly in males. …”
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