Roman Catholics have a long tradition of evaluating medical treatment at the end of life to determine if proposed interventions are proportionate and morally obligatory or isproportionate and morally optional. There has been significant debate within the Catholic community about whether artificially delivered nutrition and hydration can be appreciated as a medical intervention that may [...]
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review the advances in the assessment, treatment, and evaluation of care for pediatric dehydration. RECENT FINDINGS: Recent studies have added new information across the spectrum of care for dehydration. Advances in the assessment of dehydration allow more accurate clinical evaluation, but do not help predict the treatment outcomes. Antiemetics as an [...]
Prof. Lluís Serra-Majem, catedrático de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (España). Miembro del Comité Científico Asesor del EHI. La ingesta de una gran variedad de alimentos es fundamental para cubrir las necesidades nutricionales y, en general, guarda relación con una mejor nutrición. Además, si se asegura la variedad [...]
Dra. Susan Shirreffs, Glaxo Smith Kline (RU). Miembro del Comité Científico Asesor de EHI desde el periodo 2010-2012 Debido a los posibles problemas que pueden surgir como consecuencia de las anomalías en el balance hídrico, muchas veces se evalúa el estado de hidratación en el ámbito de la fisiología, la nutrición y la medicina clínica. [...]
Prof. Ryszard Gellert, catedrático de Medicina, Departamento de Nefrología del Centro Médico de Posgrado en Medicina y Planta IV de Medicina Interna del Hospital Bielanski, Varsovia (Polonia). Miembro del Comité Científico Asesor del EHI. El término deshidratación indica una carencia en cuanto al volumen total de agua corporal, que se define mejor por la presencia [...]
Prof. Ron Maughan, catedrático emérito de Nutrición en la actividad física y el deporte, Universidad de Loughborough (RU); Presidente del Comité Científico Asesor del EHI Durante muchos años, el consejo que se daba a los participantes de actividades de resistencia era asegurarse de beber bastante para evitar la deshidratación. Debido a que este consejo surgió, [...]
Article by Maria Kapsokefalou, EHI Science Advisory Board member and Associate Professor in Human Nutrition, Department of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural University of Athens.
Provision of appropriate nutrition and hydration is a hallmark of compassionate care but is often neglected in all types of healthcare.1 2 3 4 5 These problems are not new and have been reported in the medical literature for nearly four decades.6 7 The consequences are clinically and financially costly. The estimated excess UK health [...]
Purpose: To determine if individuals with type 1 diabetes exhibit impairments in local and whole-body heat loss responses that could impact core temperature regulation during exercise in the heat compared to matched, non-diabetic individuals. Methods: Twelve otherwise healthy individuals with type 1 diabetes (HbA1c = 7.7±0.3%) and 12 controls matched for age, sex, body surface [...]
During periods of extreme heat individuals with diabetes have greater rates of heat-related morbidity and mortality compared to their non-diabetic counterparts. The reason for this discrepancy is currently unknown. Furthermore, there is a lack of information about whether or not individuals with type 1 diabetes are at a thermoregulatory disadvantage during strenuous physical activity especially [...]