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Rainer Wirth
Researcher at Ruhr University Bochum
Publications - 127
Citations - 3999
Rainer Wirth is an academic researcher from Ruhr University Bochum. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dysphagia & Malnutrition. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 117 publications receiving 2667 citations. Previous affiliations of Rainer Wirth include University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
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ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition and hydration in geriatrics
Dorothee Volkert,Anne Marie Beck,Tommy Cederholm,Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft,S. Goisser,Lee Hooper,Eva Kiesswetter,Marcello Maggio,Agathe Raynaud-Simon,Cornel C. Sieber,Lubos Sobotka,Dieneke van Asselt,Rainer Wirth,Stephan C. Bischoff +13 more
TL;DR: A range of effective interventions is available to support adequate nutrition and hydration in older persons in order to maintain or improve nutritional status and improve clinical course and quality of life.
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Oropharyngeal dysphagia in older persons – from pathophysiology to adequate intervention: a review and summary of an international expert meeting
Rainer Wirth,Rainer Dziewas,Anne Marie Beck,Pere Clavé,Shaheen Hamdy,H. J. Heppner,Susan E. Langmore,Andreas H. Leischker,Rosemary Martino,P Pluschinski,A. Rösler,Reza Shaker,Tobias Warnecke,Cornel C. Sieber,Dorothee Volkert +14 more
TL;DR: Physicians in charge of older patients should be aware that malnutrition, dehydration, and pneumonia are frequently caused by (unrecognized) dysphagia, and the diagnosis is particularly difficult in the case of silent aspiration.
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ESPEN guidelines on nutrition in dementia
Dorothee Volkert,Michael Chourdakis,Gerd Faxén-Irving,Thomas Frühwald,Francesco Landi,Merja H. Suominen,Maurits Vandewoude,Rainer Wirth,Stéphane M. Schneider +8 more
TL;DR: Nutritional care and support should be an integral part of dementia management in all stages of the disease, and the decision for or against nutritional interventions should be made on an individual basis after carefully balancing expected benefit and potential burden.
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ESPEN guideline clinical nutrition in neurology
Rosa Burgos,Irene Bretón,Emanuele Cereda,Jean Claude Desport,Rainer Dziewas,Laurence Genton,Filomena Gomes,Pierre Jésus,Andreas H. Leischker,Maurizio Muscaritoli,K.A. Poulia,Jean-Charles Preiser,Marjolein A. van der Marck,Rainer Wirth,Pierre Singer,Stephan C. Bischoff +15 more
TL;DR: An evidence- and consensus-based guideline addresses clinical questions on best medical nutrition therapy in patients with neurological diseases and offers 88 recommendations for use in clinical practice for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, stroke and multiple sclerosis.
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Management of Malnutrition in Older Patients-Current Approaches, Evidence and Open Questions.
Dorothee Volkert,Anne Beck,Tommy Cederholm,Tommy Cederholm,Emanuele Cereda,Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft,S. Goisser,Lisette C. P. G. M. de Groot,Franz Großhauser,Eva Kiesswetter,Kristina Norman,Kristina Norman,Maryam Pourhassan,Ilse Reinders,Helen C. Roberts,Yves Rolland,Stéphane M. Schneider,Cornel C. Sieber,Cornel C. Sieber,Ulrich Thiem,Marjolein Visser,Hanneke A.H. Wijnhoven,Rainer Wirth +22 more
TL;DR: Current approaches and evidence regarding malnutrition treatment are described and relevant knowledge gaps that need to be addressed and research methodology should be harmonised to allow for the comparability of studies.