I have read that protein requirements should be based on the patients acutal body weight (as per the TranTasminDietitan Wound Care Group Guidelines for Pressure Ulcers), though I can not find justification for
this especially in our obese patients.
The images of the walls and valves of the heart produced by MUGA scans are more accurate and detailed than the ultrasound images generated by an echocardiogram,
especially in obese patients, and are helpful in diagnosing heart failure or heart valve disease.
Not exact matches
Moreover, Johnson and Born have seen an increase
in «low - energy» causes of dislocations,
especially among
obese patients.
Fundamentally, U.S. surgeons are responding to their practice environment,
especially to a fear of deep sternal wound infection
in an increasingly
obese, diabetic population of
patients.
As a doctor of physical therapy, gut health provides insight into why my
patients (
especially overweight or
obese patients) develop osteoarthritis
in non-weight-bearing joints like the wrist, by pointing to a problem with systemic inflammation.
I won't argue that carb - restriction isn't effective for fat loss
in obese patients,
especially if insulin resistance is present, because that simply isn't true...
Your approach
in your Intensive Dietary Management program makes the most sense,
especially for your
obese patients by starting out with breaking the insulin resistance through fasting.
All we have to go on is preclinical data
in mice (and many of these mice are
obese and raised
in crowded cages6), and we must remember this,
especially with
patients and their families who are at wit's end because they are unable to effectively follow the diet.