Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Malnutrition affects 30-50% of patients with hematological malignancies; it is due to the disease itself, the treatment-related catabolic process and chemo-or radio-therapy side effects (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and mucositis). Patients with poor nutritional status have increased morbidity (treatment complications, infections, mucositis) and mortality.AimTo evaluate the nutritional status of all patients that underwent hematopoietic stem ce...

Magnesium disorders are common in clinical practice. Hypomagnesemia is seen in inherited disorders, with excessive gastrointestinal or renal losses and due to medications. Replacement of magnesium can be challenging, with oral replacement strategies being generally more effective at slowly replacing body storages and intravenous (iv) replacement being more effective at treating life-threatening and severe cases of hypomagnesemia.Objective, material and m...

Introduction: Disease-related malnutrition is one of the main factors associated with morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. Furthermore, maintaining and improving muscle mass and function are important to achieve an optimal nutritional status. In this sense, the role of leucine-enriched essential amino acids supplementation for the therapeutic approach to the promotion of muscle anabolism stands out.Methods: 46 cancer patients with malnutrition rec...