Is poor nutritional status associated with urinary tract infection among older people living in residential care facilities?
The majority of participants were at risk of or suffering from malnutrition. Urinary tract infection during the preceding year was independently associated with poor nutritional status. Dependence in feeding was also associated with poor nutritional status as were low MMSE scores for women. Prospective observations and randomized controlled trials are necessary to gain an understanding of a causal association between malnutrition and UTI.
Because of the low prevalence of metastatic involvement, SLN biopsy should not be considered a standard procedure in the treatment of all patients with DCIS. The sole criteria for proposing SLN biopsy in DCIS should be when there exists any uncertainty regarding the presence of invasive foci at definitive histology.