..., a special emphasis is placed at this point. The network “Gesund ins Leben” (“Healthy Start – Young Family Network”) combines behavioral and condition-related prevention. It focuses on pregnant and young mothers and especially addresses those target groups that often accept preventive measures to a lesser...

... to selection bias and showed an unexpectedly high survival (approx. 75%) compared to the prevailing literature. Of interest, in those allocated to the late RRT group and receiving therapy, only 50% achieved the serum urea threshold for RRT initiation, whereas the remaining patients had RRT started due...

... Abstract The present paper describes a program for an unplanned start on assisted automated peritoneal dialysis for late referred patients with chronic kidney disease stage V and urgent need for initiation of dialysis. Using a standard prescription for 12 h overnight APD right after PD catheter...

... [ 15 ]. It appears that starting nutritional supplementation in pregnancy is insufficient to fundamentally enhance child health [ 16 ]. However, evidence supporting maternal nutritional supplementation as a prepregnancy intervention is scarce to date. There is, thus, a need now to build good...

... insulin was first used in August 1922, and its commercial production started in 1923. There was, however, no single strategy to implement insulin manufacturing across recently war-torn Europe, and each country had to find its own way to make insulin available for its people. Three European countries were...

.... While this is an encouraging start, additional research is needed to determine the generalizability of these findings. Our pilot study showed effects on behaviors and weight outcomes, but our well-educated sample of mothers who intended to breastfeed at infant birth can be considered low risk...

... in the Netherlands Co-operative Study on the Adequacy of Dialysis-2 (NECOSAD) cohort and critically discuss the observational data from an epidemiological perspective. Methods: Patients starting PD were selected from the Netherlands Co-operative Study on the Adequacy of Dialysis-2 (NECOSAD), a prospective cohort...

... of what to do if insufficient MOM is available. Table 1 summarizes the key feeding issues, and the current evidence base on which recommendations are made. Table 1. Main evidence base for feeding decisions Starting Enteral Feeds Exposure to Buccal Colostrum Exposure to buccal...