A good article by Board-certified general surgeon Bardia Anvar, M.D.  medical director of Skilled Wound Care, appeared in McKnight's News August 12th describes the reasoning and rationale of changing the term pressure ulcer to "pressure injury". "The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, which serves as the authoritative voice for improved patient outcomes in pressure ...

Clostridium difficile is an  infection that kills nearly 30,000 people annually and sickens hundreds of thousands more. Banatrol Plus helps control diarrhea from C. diff infection two ways: 1) the soluble fiber in Banatrol is clinically proven to reduce the severity and time patients experience diarrhea  without stopping or slowing gut motility  and 2) Bimuno prebiotic prov...

Each packet of Banatrol Plus contains 2.75 grams of Bimuno, a prebiotic transgalactooligosaccharide, which is a food source for the beneficial bacteria that reside in the gut or colon. Unlike probiotics, prebiotics are not live bacteria/fungal spores so they are not destroyed or digested in the stomach or intestine or destroyed by antibiotics. Peer reviewed, double blind publis...

You are cordially invited to Medtrition,  booth #3519,  at the FNCE show October 16-18th,  Boston Convention Center to receive a free gift and see a  demonstration of our newest modular proteins and products for the dysphagia diet. As an added bonus, on September 30th we will draw one name from our blog subscribers to receive $1,000 towards the cost of attending the show...

We often forget the high cost diarrhea has to  patients, nursing staff, dietary, physician and environmental services Personal embarrassment and discomfort to the patient. Decreased appetite. Dehydration. Malnutrition. Increased use of fecal management devices, moisture barriers and incontinence supplies. Increased risk of urinary tract infections. Increased demands on the nur...

Recently we have received some questions  whether Gelatin 20 and Gelatin Plus qualify for Fluid Restricted Diets Based on current research  Gelatein20 and Gelatein Plus should not count as a fluid. We offer the following: Typically you see more information on what should count as a fluid and basically the default rule of thumb is that anything that turns to liquid at room tem...

We have long known that ProSource liquid proteins have the lowest osmolality of any liquid protein on the market. Why is this important: Because high osmolality products draw water into the gut and can contribute to osmotic diarrhea. This is especially consequential for patients on tube feed who are already prone to having diarrhea. Our ProSource TF and No Carb liquid proteins ...

Banatrol Plus is the #1 nutritional solution for treating diarrhea from C. diff, the side affects of oncology treatment, infectious disease, tube feed diarrhea and antibiotic use. High in soluble fiber it works by solidifying the stool, not by stopping or slowing gut motility. ...

Most enteral formulas fail to meet protein (+/- carbohydrate) requirements of critical care patients without overfeeding, especially for patients receiving significant non-nutritional energy (NNE) from Propofol,  IV glucose and Continuous  Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) fluid. A new published, peer-reviewed study in ESPEN shows that a combination of high protein feed  and ...