INDEX nutritional support

In addition to supplemental oxygen, adjunctive therapies to consider as part of a pulmonary rehabilitation program are psychoeducational care and nutritional support. Psychoeducational care (such as relaxation) has been associated with improvement in the functioning and well-being of adults with COPD."" The role of nutritional support in patients with COPD is controversial. Several studies have shown an association between malnutrition, low body mass index (BMI), and impaired pulmonary status among patients with COPD. However, in... 

Altering the dry matter of the diet (DMD) had a significant effect on the dry matter of the larva (DML) and the dry matter of the feces (DMF). This finding supports assumptions made by Reese and Beck (33) that BCW larvae have a limited ability to regulate their bodily dry matter and that the DMF is poorly maintained in comparison to that of other insects. With the exception of the AD, the nutritional index parameters showed a tendency towards an optimal DMD level around 25%. DWE and DWG were positively correlated with this DMD optimum and with each other, as they are in other insects (59). 

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