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Risk of Malnutrition Evaluated by Mini Nutritional Assessment and Sarcopenia in Noninstitutionalized Elderly People

I. Liguori, F. Curcio, G. Russo, et al.

Nutr Clin Pract. 2018 Feb 13. doi: 10.1002/ncp.10022. [Epub ahead of print]

Malnutrition indices and muscle mass and strength in the elderly are poorly investigated. Moreover, malnutrition seems to be one of the more important factors in the cause of sarcopenia.

The presence of sarcopenia and its relationship with malnutrition indices were studied in noninstitutionalized elderly people who underwent Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA).

 

 

The association between nutritional status and frailty characteristics among geriatric outpatients

M. Kurkcu, R.I. Meijer, S. Lonterman, et al.

Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2018;23:112-116

In geriatric outpatients, malnutrition is independently related to having ≥3 frailty characteristics. Assessing nutritional status could prove usefulness in early clinical detection and prevention of frailty.

 

Recent advances in pharmacological, hormonal, and nutritional intervention for sarcopenia

K. Sakuma and A. Yamaguchi

Pflugers Arch. 2018;470(3):449-460

The article is composed of the data reported in many basic and some clinical studies for mammalian muscles.

 

Potential roles of vitamin E in age-related changes in skeletal muscle health

E. Chung, H. Mo, S. Wang, et al.

Nutr Res. 2018;49:23-36

Current literature suggests that vitamin E molecules (α-, β-, γ-, δ-tocopherols and the corresponding tocotrienols) with their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory capabilities may mitigate age-associated skeletal dysfunction and enhance muscle regeneration, thus attenuating sarcopenia.

 

Cross-sectional associations of dietary and circulating magnesium with skeletal muscle mass in the EPIC-Norfolk cohort

R.P.G. Hayhoe, M.A.H. Lentjes, A.A. Mulligan, et al.

Clin Nutr. 2018 Jan 30. pii: S0261-5614(18)30015-3. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.01.014. [Epub ahead of print]

This study demonstrated strong associations between dietary magnesium intake, but not serum magnesium levels, and indices of skeletal muscle mass in a UK population of middle to older-aged adults, highlighting the likely importance of dietary magnesium for optimal muscle health in this population.

 

Screening of the frail patient in the emergency department: A systematic review

R. Jørgensen and M. Brabrand

Eur J Intern Med. 2017;45:71-73

The aim of this review is to assess the accuracy of the screening tools used in the emergency department to detect frailty in patients ≥65 years by their ability to identify the risk of adverse outcomes.

 

 

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