Elia, M., Engfer, M.B., Green, C.J., Silk, D.B.A.
BACKGROUND: Enteral nutrition can be associated with gastrointestinal side effects and fibre supplementation has been proposed as a means to normalize bowel function. AIM: To evaluate systematically...
Nutrition in care homes and home care: How to implement adequate strategies (2008)
Arvanitakis, M., Beck, A., Coppens, P., Man, F. De, Elia, M., Hebuterne, X., ...
Physiological aspects of energy metabolism and gastrointestinal effects of carbohydrates (2007)
The energy values of carbohydrates continue to be debated. This is because of the use of different energy systems, for example, combustible, digestible, metabolizable, and so on. Furthermore,...
Elia, M., Betts, P., Jackson, D.M., Mulligan, J.
BACKGROUND: Intrauterine programming of body composition [percentage body fat (%BF)] has been sparsely examined with multiple independent reference techniques in children. The effects on and...
Elia, M., Betts, P., Jackson, D.M., Mulligan, J.
BACKGROUND: Intrauterine programming of body composition [percentage body fat (%BF)] has been sparsely examined with multiple independent reference techniques in children. The effects on and...
Williams, E.A., Elia, M., Lunn, P.G.
BACKGROUND: Growth faltering during infancy is a characteristic of life in developing countries. Previous studies have shown that small-intestine mucosal enteropathy, accompanied by endotoxemia and a...
Metabolic and hormonal changes during the refeeding period of prolonged fasting (2007)
Korbonits, M., Blaine, D., Elia, M., Powell-Tuck, J.
OBJECTIVE: The discovery of leptin, a hormone primarily involved in adaptation to fasting, led to an increased interest in appetite regulation and appetite-modulating hormones. Here, we present...
Morgan, M.Y., Madden, A.M., Jennings, G., Elia, M., Fuller, N.J.
Background: Most techniques for measuring body composition are based on 2-component models (2-CMs) and depend on assumptions relating to the constancy of the density (DFFM) and hydration fraction...
Itobi, E., Stroud, M.A., Elia, M.
Background: The consequences of generalized oedema following major abdominal surgery are under-recognized, and its causes are poorly understood. Methods: Thirty-eight patients (21 men and 17 women)...
Itobi, E., Stroud, M., Elia, M.
Background: The consequences of generalized oedema following major abdominal surgery are under-recognized, and its causes are poorly understood. Methods: Thirty-eight patients (21 men and 17 women)...
Gallagher, D., Albu, J., He, Q., Heshka, S., Boxt, L., Krasnow, N., ...
BACKGROUND: African Americans have a lower resting energy expenditure (REE) relative to fat-free mass (FFM) than do whites. Whether the composition of FFM at the organ-tissue level differs between...
Morgan, M.Y., Madden, A.M., Lennings, G., Elia, M., Fuller, N.J.
Background: Most techniques for measuring body composition are based on 2-component models (2-CMs) and depend on assumptions relating to the constancy of the density (D-FFM) and hydration fraction...
Stratton, R.J., King, C.L., Stroud, M.A., Jackson, A.A., Elia, M.
Malnutrition and its impact on clinical outcome may be underestimated in hospitalised elderly as many screening procedures require measurements of weight and height that cannot often be undertaken in...
Refeeding David Blaine - Studies after a 44 day fast (2006)
Korbonits, M., Elia, M., Powell-Tuck, J.
The opportunity to study the effects of refeeding after prolonged fasting is rare. We recorded anthropometric, biochemical, and endocrine changes during the refeeding period after a much-publicized...
Jackson, J.M., Blaine, D., Powell-Tuck, J., Korbonits, M., Carey, A., Elia, M.
OBJECTIVE: We wanted to establish and understand how the fractional losses of fat, fat-free tissues, and selected nutrients compare with that of body mass during a 44-d voluntary starvation (water...
Artificial nutrition support in hospital: indications and complications (2006)
Malnutrition, both as a cause and consequence of disease, affects 10–50% of patients admitted to hospital. Malnourished patients have higher mortality rates and increased incidence of...
Refeeding David Blaine - studies after a 44-day fast (2005)
Korbonits, M., Blaine, D., Elia, M., Powell-Tuck, J.
The opportunity to study the effects of refeeding after prolonged fasting is rare. We recorded anthropometric, biochemical, and endocrine changes during the refeeding period after a much-publicized...
To screen or not to screen for adult malnutrition? (2005)
Elia, M., Zellipour, L., Stratton, R.J.
Background: There is some controversy about whether all adults receiving healthcare should be routinely screened for nutritional problems. Methods: (i) A systematic review examined the proposition...
Hoggard, N., Johnstone, A.M., Faber, P., Gibney, E.R., Elia, M., Lobley, G., ...
Objective: A great deal of attention has focused on the central role of alpha melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) and its antagonism at the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) by agouti related...
Stratton, R.J., Hackston, A., Longmore, D., Dixon, R., Price, S., Stroud, M., ...
The ‘malnutrition universal screening tool’ (‘MUST’) for adults has been developed for all health care settings and patient groups, but ease of use and agreement with other published tools...
Kensara, O.A., Wootton, S.A., Phillips, D.I.W., Patel, M., Elia, M.
Background: Birth weight has been linked to increased morbidity and mortality in later life, but the mechanisms are poorly defined. It is not clear if adults with low and high birth weights have...
Occhipinti Amato, A., Elia, M., Bonaccorso, A., La Rosa, G.
A 2D finite elements study was carried out to analyse the effects caused by dike intrusion inside a heterogeneous medium and with a realistic topography of Mt. Etna volcano. Firstly, the method...
Occhipinti Amato, A.; Dipartimento Di Ingegneria Industriale E Meccanica, Facoltà Di Ingegneria, Università Degli Studi Di Catania, Italy, Elia, M.; Dipartimento Di Ingegneria Industriale E Meccanica, Facoltà Di Ingegneria, Università Degli Studi Di Catania, Italy, Bonaccorso, A.; Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica E Vulcanologia, Sezione Catania, Catania, Italia, La Rosa, G.; Dipartimento Di Ingegneria Industriale E Meccanica, Facoltà Di Ingegneria, Università Degli Studi Di Catania, Italy
A 2D finite elements study was carried out to analyse the effects caused by dike intrusion inside a heterogeneous medium and with a realistic topography of Mt. Etna volcano. Firstly, the method...
Moralejo, M., Swanston, J. S., Munoz, P., Prada, D., Elia, M., Russell, J. R., ...
A population comprising 102 doubled haploid lines were produced from a cross between Beka, a barley cultivar widely grown in Spain, and Logan, a north American cultivar with inherently low protein...
Campbell, D.I., Elia, M., Lunn, P.G.
Growth faltering of rural Gambian infants is associated with a chronic inflammatory enteropathy of the mucosa of the small intestine that may impair both digestive/absorptive and barrier functions....
Gibney, E. R., Murgatroyd, P., Wright, A., Jebb, S., Elia, M.
OBJECTIVE: To establish validity of the bicarbonate-urea (BU) method against direct measurements of gaseous exchange (GE) in a whole-body indirect calorimeter and to compare BU and doubly labelled...
ESPEN guidelines for nutrition screening 2002 (2003)
Kondrup, J., Allison, S.P., Elia, M., Vellas, B., Plauth, M.
Aim: to provide guidelines for nutrition risk screening applicable to different settings (community, hospital, elderly) based on published and validated evidence available until June 2002. Note:...
Margetts, B.M., Thompson, R.L., Elia, M., Jackson, A.A.
Objectives: To establish the prevalence of the risk of undernutrition, using criteria similar to those used by the Malnutrition Advisory Group (MAG), in people aged 65 y and over, and to identify...
Campbell, D.I., Lunn, P.G., Elia, M.
Small bowel enteropathy (assessed by the lactulose (L) : mannitol (M) permeability test) is a major factor in infant growth faltering and malnutrition in The Gambia. However, little is known about...
Fuller, N. J., Fewtrell, M. S., Dewit, O., Elia, M., Wells, J. C.
Objectives: To investigate the potential of segmental bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) for assessing regional composition and muscle mass in children. Design: Strengths of relationships were...
Fuller, N. J., Fewtrell, M. S., Dewit, O., Elia, M., Wells, J. C.
Objectives: To investigate the potential of segmental bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) for estimating whole-body composition in children. Design: Strengths of relationships were determined...
[Microgravity and weightlessness: experimental model accelerates nutritional pathology] (2002)
Genton, L., Dupertuis, Y., Maillet, A., Beaufrere, B., Di Nardo, P., Elia, M., ...
Short space flights affect nutritional intakes, body composition and functional parameters. Prolonged space flights (SF) over weeks or months further worsen these alterations and result in acute or...
Effect of an acute fast on energy compensation and feeding behaviour in lean men and women (2002)
Johnstone, A. M., Faber, P., Gibney, E. R., Elia, M., Horgan, G., Golden, B. E., ...
AIM: Humans appear to defend against energy deficit to a greater extent than energy surplus. Severe dietary energy restriction resulting in 5-30% weight loss often leads to hyperphagia and weight...
Total daily energy expenditure in wasted chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients (2002)
Tang, N.L.S., Chung, M.L., Elia, M., Hui, E., Lum, C.M., Luk, J.K.H., ...
Objectives: to investigate total daily energy expenditure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients during a rehabilitation programme. Design: observational study involving a case and...
An observational study to evaluate micronutrient status during enteral feeding (2002)
Johnson, T.E., Janes, S.J., MacDonald, A., Elia, M., Booth, I.W.
Background: There are few data on the optimal micronutrient composition of paediatric enteral feeds. The recent European Directive on Foods for Special Medical Purposes (1999/21/EC) did not...
Home artificial nutritional support: the value of the British Artificial Nutrition Survey (2001)
Elia, M., Stratton, R. J., Holden, C., Meadows, N., Micklewright, A., Russell, C., ...
The British Artificial Nutrition Survey (BANS) was established in 1996 by the British Association for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition to audit and research nutritional care in hospital and the...
Energy and fluid metabolism in microgravity (2001)
Astronauts lose body mass when exploring space. The mechanism was considered to be an upward fluid shift inducing diuresis and natriuresis (the Henry-Gauer mechanism) during the first few days in...
Weightlessness as an accelerated model of nutritional disturbances (2001)
Maillet, A., Beaufrere, B., Di Nardo, P., Elia, M., Pichard, C.
Food intake and eating patterns, body functions and composition are significantly altered by short-duration space flight. Prolonged missions lasting weeks or months further aggravate these changes,...
Home enteral tube feeding following cerebrovascular accident (2001)
Elia, M., Stratton, R.J., Holden, C., Meadows, N., Micklewright, A., Russell, C., ...
Background and aims: In the UK, cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is the third commonest cause of death and the commonest diagnosis in patients receiving home enteral feeding (HETF). This study aimed to...
Fuller, N.J., Wells, J.C.K., Elia, M.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate a model of body composition for assessing total body protein (TBP) mass using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), with either measured or assumed...
Elia, M, Fuller, NJ, Hardingham, CR, Graves, M, Screaton, N, Dixon, AK, ...
This study aimed to assess the value of different DXA and BIA models for predicting muscle volume in mid-thigh segments obtained by MRI, Three DXA models were used: in model A, muscle was taken to be...
Elia, M, Fuller, NJ, Hardingham, CR, Graves, M, Screaton, N, Dixon, AK, ...
This study aimed to assess the value of different DXA and BIA models for predicting muscle volume in mid-thigh segments obtained by MRI, Three DXA models were used: in model A, muscle was taken to be...
New techniques in nutritional assessment: body composition methods (1999)
New techniques in air-displacement plethysmography seem to have overcome many of the previous problems of poor reproducibility and validity. These have made body-density measurements available to a...
Fuller, N. J., Hardingham, C. R., Graves, M., Screaton, N., Dixon, A. K., Ward, L. C., ...
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to evaluate and compare with anthropometry a fundamental bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) method for predicting muscle and adipose tissue composition...
Fuller, N. J., Hardingham, C. R., Graves, M., Screaton, N., Dixon, A. K., Ward, L. C., ...
OBJECTIVE: To use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to validate estimates of muscle and adipose tissue (AT) in lower limb sections obtained by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) modelling. DESIGN:...
New techniques in nutritional assessment: body composition methods (1999)
New techniques in air-displacement plethysmography seem to have overcome many of the previous problems of poor reproducibility and validity. These have made body-density measurements available to a...
Fuller, N. J., Hardingham, C. R., Graves, M., Screaton, N., Dixon, A. K., Ward, L. C., ...
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to evaluate and compare with anthropometry a fundamental bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) method for predicting muscle and adipose tissue composition...
Fuller, N. J., Hardingham, C. R., Graves, M., Screaton, N., Dixon, A. K., Ward, L. C., ...
OBJECTIVE: To use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to validate estimates of muscle and adipose tissue (AT) in lower limb sections obtained by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) modelling. DESIGN:...
Ward, LC, Elia, M, Cornish, BH
Potential errors in the application of mixture theory to the analysis of multiple-frequency bioelectrical impedance data for the determination of body fluid volumes are assessed. Potential sources of...
Bioelectrical impedance analysis predicts outcome in patients with suspected bacteremia (1998)
Schwenk, A, Ward, LC, Elia, M, Scott, GM
Fluid shifts from intracellular to extracellular water (ICW to ECW) are a feature of sepsis, caused by increased vascular permeability and cell catabolism. Changes in ECW and total body water (TBW)...
Ward, LC, Elia, M, Cornish, BH
Potential errors in the application of mixture theory to the analysis of multiple-frequency bioelectrical impedance data for the determination of body fluid volumes are assessed. Potential sources of...
Bioelectrical impedance analysis predicts outcome in patients with suspected bacteremia (1998)
Schwenk, A, Ward, LC, Elia, M, Scott, GM
Fluid shifts from intracellular to extracellular water (ICW to ECW) are a feature of sepsis, caused by increased vascular permeability and cell catabolism. Changes in ECW and total body water (TBW)...
Jebb, S. A., Osborne, R. J., Dixon, A. K., Bleehen, N. M., Elia, M.
Background Many patients with small cell lung cancer are reported to lose weight, but the mechanism of this effect is unclear. Patients and methods Measurements of resting energy expenditure (REE),...
Clinical usefulness of urinary 3-methylhistidine excretion in indicating muscle protein breakdown.
Elia, M, Carter, A, Bacon, S, Winearls, C G, Smith, R
Urinary excretion of the post-translationally modified amino-acid 3-methylhistidine, derived from the contractile proteins actin and myosin, was measured in patients with conditions associated with...
Clinical usefulness of urinary 3-methylhistidine excretion in indicating muscle protein breakdown.
Elia, M, Carter, A, Bacon, S, Winearls, C G, Smith, R
Urinary excretion of the post-translationally modified amino-acid 3-methylhistidine, derived from the contractile proteins actin and myosin, was measured in patients with conditions associated with...
Ward, LC, Elia, M, Cornish, BH
Potential errors in the application of mixture theory to the analysis of multiple-frequency bioelectrical impedance data for the determination of body fluid volumes are assessed. Potential sources of...
Bioelectrical impedance analysis predicts outcome in patients with suspected bacteremia
Schwenk, A, Ward, LC, Elia, M, Scott, GM
Fluid shifts from intracellular to extracellular water (ICW to ECW) are a feature of sepsis, caused by increased vascular permeability and cell catabolism. Changes in ECW and total body water (TBW)...
New techniques in nutritional assessment: body composition methods
New techniques in air-displacement plethysmography seem to have overcome many of the previous problems of poor reproducibility and validity. These have made body-density measurements available to a...
Fuller, NJ, Hardingham, CR, Graves, M, Screaton, N, Dixon, AK, Ward, LC, ...
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to evaluate and compare with anthropometry a fundamental bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) method for predicting muscle and adipose tissue composition...
Fuller, NJ, Hardingham, CR, Graves, M, Screaton, N, Dixon, AK, Ward, LC, ...
OBJECTIVE: To use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to validate estimates of muscle and adipose tissue (AT) in lower limb sections obtained by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) modelling. DESIGN:...
Elia, M, Fuller, NJ, Hardingham, CR, Graves, M, Screaton, N, Dixon, AK, ...
This study aimed to assess the value of different DXA and BIA models for predicting muscle volume in mid-thigh segments obtained by MRI, Three DXA models were used: in model A, muscle was taken to be...
Congenital cerebellar ataxia, mental retardation, and atrophic retinal lesions in two brothers.
Ferri, R, Azan, G, Del Gracco, S, Elia, M, Musumeci, S A, Stefanini, M C, ...
Dewit, O., Fuller, N, Fewtrell, M., Elia, M, Wells, J
AIMS—To assess the acceptability and feasibility of whole body air displacement plethysmography in children and to determine its precision and agreement with hydrodensitometry, an appropriate...
An observational study to evaluate micronutrient status during enteral feeding
Johnson, T, Janes, S, MacDonald, A, Elia, M, Booth, I
Background: There are few data on the optimal micronutrient composition of paediatric enteral feeds. The recent European Directive on Foods for Special Medical Purposes (1999/21/EC) did not...
5-fluorouracil and folinic acid-induced mucositis: no effect of oral glutamine supplementation.
Jebb, S. A., Osborne, R. J., Maughan, T. S., Mohideen, N., Mack, P., Mort, D., ...
In some clinical situations the endogenous production of glutamine may be insufficient to maintain optimal tissue structure and function such that glutamine becomes a conditionally essential amino...