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ESPEN Guidelines on Enteral Nutrition: Cardiology and pulmonology
These guidelines are intended to give evidence-based recommendations for the use of enteral nutrition (EN) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). They were developed by an interdisciplinary…
Tags: 2006, Anker SD, Backlog, Becker HF, Bohm M, Brunkhorst FM, Cardiology/standards, Chronic Obstructive/therapy, Cicoira M, Clinical Nutrition (edinburgh, Scotland), Congestive/therapy, Dardai E, DGEM(German Society for Nutritional Medicine), Enteral Nutrition, Enteral Nutrition/standards, Europe, European Society for Parenteral (ESPEN), Heart Failure, Humans, John M, Journal Article, Laviano A, Pedersen PU, Physician's Practice Patterns, Ponikowski P, Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Disease (Specialty)/standards, Raguso C, Schols AM, Vogelmeier C
Prognosis and therapy approaches of cardiac cachexia
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review focuses on the prognostic implications and therapeutic approaches in cardiac cachexia - a syndrome that has been recognized for a long time, although it has only received increased attention lately. RECENT FINDINGS:…
The syndrome of cardiac cachexia
Cachexia, i.e. body wasting, has long been recognised as a serious complication of chronic illness. The occurrence of wasting in chronic heart failure (CHF) has been known for many centuries, but it has not been investigated extensively until…
Cardiac cachexia
Chronic heart failure (CHF) remains an important and increasing public health care problem. It is a complex syndrome affecting many body systems. Body wasting (i.e., cardiac cachexia) has long been recognised as a serious complication of CHF. Cardiac…