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- Asplund, Kjell, et al.
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Malnutrition in hospitalized elderly patients
- 1985
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Ingår i: Nutrition, immunity and illness in the elderly. - New York : Pergamon Press. - 0080324045 ; , s. 213-227
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)
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- Axelsson, Karin, et al.
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Eating problems and nutritional status during hospital stay of patients
- 1989
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Ingår i: Journal of the American Dietetic Association. - 0002-8223 .- 1878-3570. ; 89:6, s. 1092-6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Eating problems and nutritional status were studied in a consecutive series of patients who had had strokes. From this cohort, 32 subjects (mean age 73 years) with a hospital stay of 21 days or more are described. Eating problems were identified by direct participant observations of the patients' eating behavior, interviews on admission, inspections of the mouth, and discussions with the patients. Nutritional status was assessed by weight, triceps skinfold thickness (TSF), arm muscular circumference (AMC), plasma albumin, serum transferrin, and plasma prealbumin on admission and then weekly. Eating problems were identified in 27 patients. In a general linear hypothesis program, poor nutritional status 3 weeks after admission was found to be associated with (in decreasing order) low self-care performance, poor nutritional status on admission, male sex, intravenous energy-containing fluids, advanced age, paresis of the right arm, and eating problems. Factors other than eating problems seem to be important for undernutrition in patients with strokes during hospital stay. AD - Department
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- Svenningsen, N W, et al.
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Neonatal outcome of extremely small low birthweight liveborn infants below 901 g in a Swedish population
- 1989
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Ingår i: Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica. - : Wiley. - 0001-656X .- 0803-5253 .- 1651-2227. ; 78:2, s. 180-188
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In a regional population of 32,120 liveborn newborn infants 65 (0.2%) had a birthweight less than or equal to 900 g (extremely small low birthweight = ESLBW) with mean gestational age 26.4 (range 22-31) completed weeks of gestation. The total 0-1 year survival rate was 48%. For the 42 infants treated in the Level III regional neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) the 0-1 year survival rate was 55% versus 34% for 23 infants not transferred to the Level III unit. In the ESLBW infants treated in the regional NICU the major complications were respiratory disorders requiring artificial ventilation (73%), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (26%), intracranial haemorrhages (40%), symptomatic persistent ductus arteriosus (36%) and sepsis (14%), persistent retinopathy of prematurity (8%). Duration of NICU treatment was 51 days (range 10-95) for survivors. Mode of delivery and rate of perinatal complications did not differ between survivors and non-survivors. Previous legal abortion occurred in 24%, fertility problems in 29% and 21% of the mothers were immigrants. Otherwise no significant abnormalities were found in maternal or socioeconomic conditions. Factors deciding neonatal outcome in the tiniest babies seem to be a combination of prenatal circumstances and neonatal minute fine care procedures.
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- Zachau, A C, et al.
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Distribution of plasma cells secreting antibodies against nervous tissue antigens during experimental allergic encephalomyelitis enumerated by a nitrocellulose immunospot assay.
- 1989
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Ingår i: Journal of the Neurological Sciences. - 0022-510X .- 1878-5883. ; 91:3, s. 323-336
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The B cell response to central nervous system (CNS) myelin and myelin basic protein, as well as total numbers of IgG secreting cells, was studied in acute experimental allergic encephalomyelitis using a nitrocellulose immunospot assay. The method was able to detect single plasma cells secreting antibodies. Cells secreting antibodies against myelin antigens were detected in regional lymph node cell suspension by day 5 post-immunization (p.i.). At that time no anti-myelin antibodies were detected free in serum. Later, at day 15 p.i., specific antibody secreting cells were found in bone marrow and spleen indicating a generalization of the immune response. The B cell response became partly sequestered to the target of immune attack since an increased number of IgG secreting cells was detected among mononuclear cells recovered from the CNS. Studies of cellular secretion of antibodies rather than free levels in body fluids may be a more accurate reflection of the in vivo B cell response. These findings may be generally considered in studies of B cell mediated immunity in neuroinflammatory diseases.
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