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Trevor Smith is an academic researcher from University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Refeeding syndrome. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 18 publications.
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Undernutrition and clinical nutritionMalnutrition and undernutrition
TL;DR: In this article, the focus of this article is predominantly concerned with malnutrition and its consequences in the UK, and it is well known that malnutrition is common in the developing world, but the fact that significant malnourishment occurs in UK society and health settings is not widely appreciated.
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Getting to grips with sarcopenia: recent advances and practical management for the gastroenterologist.
TL;DR: There are no specific drugs that are available for the treatment of sarcopenia, however, resistance exercise programmes combined with nutritional interventions show promise and it is important that this common condition is screened for and recognised, with any contributing factors addressed to reduce the risk of its progression.
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Taurolidine locks significantly reduce the incidence of catheter-related blood stream infections in high-risk patients on home parenteral nutrition.
TL;DR: Reductions in infections were identified in each smaller subgroup of patients receiving home parenteral nutrition, confirming previous reports of a significant reduction in infections when taurolidine is used as secondary prophylaxis and providing initial data suggesting the benefit of its use as primary proPHylaxis.
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High incidence of glucocorticoid-induced hyperglycaemia in inflammatory bowel disease: metabolic and clinical predictors identified by machine learning.
Martin McDonnell,R Harris,Florina Borca,Tilly Mills,Louise Downey,Suranga Dharmasiri,Mayank Patel,Benjamin Zare,Matt Stammers,Trevor Smith,Richard Felwick,JR Fraser Cummings,Hang T.T. Phan,Markus Gwiggner +13 more
TL;DR: Hyperglycaemia is common in IBD patients treated with intravenous GC and should be included in routine clinical practice, and increased C-reactive protein followed by a longer IBD duration as leading risk predictors for significant hyperglyCAemia.
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