Data suggest that food allergies greatly impact a child's health and growth due to inadequate nutrient intake. Our study aimed to establish the long-term outcome of children with food allergies ...compared to a control group.
This study was a retrospective cohort study with longitudinal follow-up with a mean period of 4.85 years from the diagnosis to the last study visit. The patients' nutritional intake was assessed using a three-day food diary and analysed by a dietitian. Patients (61 boys and 33 girls, mean age 6.9 years) had a single food allergy including 21 patients with cow's milk, 34 with egg, and 39 with peanut allergies. The control group included 36 children (19 boys and 17 girls, mean age 8.03 years). Blood analysis was performed on all participants.
Data from our study showed that patients with cow's milk, egg or peanut allergies had normal growth and achieved catch-up growth from the diagnosis until the last study visit. In the cow's milk allergy group, the allergy was shown to affect calcium intake (
< 0.05), while egg and peanut allergies did not impact the dietary intake of nutrients. None of the investigated food allergies affected blood results (
< 0.05).
In the present study, we showed that single food allergies do not compromise growth in children if they are provided with appropriate support and that the affected children reach catch-up growth from the diagnosis.
V prispevku predstavljamo priporočila za prehransko obrav-navo kronično bolnih otrok in mladostnikov. Kronične bolezni so bolezni, ki trajajo dlje časa in pogosto omejujejo vsakodnevno življenje. ...Povečajo lahko tveganje za zao-stanek v rasti in razvoju ter vplivajo na telesno, duševno in družbeno življenje otrok in mladostnikov oziroma celotne družine. Zato sta odločilna njihova celostna obravnava in multidisciplinarni tim, v katerem ima pomembno vlogo kli-nični dietetik. Z zgodnjim odkrivanjem prehransko ogroženih pediatričnih bolnikov in ustrezno prehransko oskrbo ter rednim spremljanjem lahko pomembno vplivamo na njihovo zdravje in na kakovost življenja celotne družine. V prispevku predstavljamo najpogostejše kronične bolezni in stanja v pediatrični populaciji, pri katerih je prehranska obravnava izjemno pomembna. To so kronične vnetne črevesne bolezni, alergije na hrano, prirojene presnovne bolezni, motnje avtističnega spektra, cistična fibroza, rak in cerebralna paraliza.
This paper provides recommendations for the nutritional management of children with chronic illnesses. Chronic diseases last for a long time and often substantially decrease the quality of life. They ...can increase the risk of stunting and affect the physical, mental and social life of children and adolescents and the whole family. Multidisciplinary team should treat this group of children in which the clinical dietitian plays an important role. Early identification of paediatric patients at risk, appropriate nutritional care and regular follow-up can have a significant impact on their health and the quality of life. This article presents some of the most common chronic diseases in the paediatric population for which nutritional management is of utmost importance. These include inflammatory bowel disease, food allergies, inborn errors of metabolism, autism spectrum disorders, cystic fibrosis, cancer and cerebral palsy.
This paper presents a study of the thermal characteristics of a concentric-tube heat exchanger that is a key element in local ventilation device. The inner tube of the concentric-tube heat exchanger ...has a sinusoidal, wavy surface in the longitudinal direction, which enables heat-transfer enhancement. The tube can be stretched to a certain extent and thus change the corrugation of the heat-transfer surface area. We designed an experiment in which we used the Wilson-plot method to separately determine the convective heat-transfer coefficient on the inside and outside of the inner tube of the concentric-tube heat exchanger with different corrugation ratios. Based on the measurements correlation equations were developed to calculate the convective heat-transfer coefficient for any corrugation ratio, which allows us to simplify the design of local ventilation devices. Performed studies showed that, compared to a smooth tube, the convective heat-transfer coefficient increased only in the case of corrugated tubes with a corrugation ratio of less than 1.648, but the heat transfer was more intense for all considered corrugated tubes by 65–90% due to the increased heat-transfer surface area. The highest heat-transfer rate was observed for the case of the maximum-stretched tube with a corrugation ratio of 1.401, which is advantageous also in terms of material consumption.
► A concentric-tube counter-flow air-to-air heat exchanger was studied. ► Convective heat-transfer coefficients were determined for different pipe corrugations. ► Wilson-plot method was used. ► Unified dimensionless equations for Nu number calculation were developed. ► Equations are valid for the whole range of possible corrugation ratios.
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In the article, recommendations for the diagnostics in suspected peripheral arterial disease are presented together with therapeutic procedures and long- term follow up of the affected patients.
In the article, recommendations for the diagnostics in suspected peripheral arterial disease are presented together with therapeutic procedures and long- term follow up of the affected patients.
V prispevku so predstavljena priporočila za obravnavo bolnikov s periferno arterijsko boleznijo od diagnostike, akutnega ukrepanja do kroničnega spremljanja.
Postocclusive reactive hyperemia (PORH) was evaluated in three healthy volunteers and in three patients with different etiologies and suffering from peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD). ...Three noninvasive methods were used: transcutaneous oximetry (TcPO2), near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), and laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF). Changes in perfusion and oxygenation of tissue were measured on foot before, during, and after arterial occlusion on thigh. Numerical parameters were derived from measured signals for quantification of the PORH response. Results of all three methods provided distinction between healthy volunteers and patients. The experimental optical techniques of NIRS and LDF demonstrated more clearly than the well-established TcPO2 method the difference between healthy volunteers and patients. The dynamics of the PORH response proved to be a better indicator of peripheral vascular disorder than the amplitude of responses.
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