Nutrition
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We investigated the associations of sarcopenia alone, overweight or obesity, and sarcopenic overweight or obesity with COVID-19 hospitalization. ⋯ In this middle-aged population, sarcopenic overweight or obesity elevated the risk of hospitalization for COVID-19 in those infected with COVID-19 more than overweight or obesity alone. These data support the relevance of sarcopenic overweight or obesity as a risk factor beyond the geriatric setting and should be considered in risk stratification in future public health and vaccination campaigns.
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The same microbial species isolated from blood simultaneously drawn from a central venous catheter hub and a peripheral vein (paired blood cultures) during parenteral nutrition may be assumed to represent the same strain. This case report provides an example of this assumption being incorrect along with a comparator example of it being correct. This has implications for interpretation of differential time to positivity and differential quantitative blood cultures during investigation of suspected intraluminal intravascular catheter or cannula bloodstream infection. ⋯ This case report indicates consideration should be given to reporting whether bacteria have been identified at either species or strain level if differential time to positivity or differential quantitative blood cultures are used to define catheter or cannula bloodstream infection.
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The aim of this article is to investigate the effect of intermittent fasting, associated or not with coconut oil intake, on the gut-liver axis of obese rats. ⋯ Intermittent fasting, especially when associated with coconut oil, had effects comparable with caloric restriction in modulating the parameters of the gut-liver axis.