Tiziana Meschi

TL;DR: In men with recurrent calcium oxalate stones and hypercalciuria, restricted intake of animal protein and salt, combined with a normal calcium intake, provides greater protection than the traditional low-calcium diet.

TL;DR: Urine volume is a real stone risk factor in nephrolithiasis and that a large intake of water is the initial therapy for prevention of stone recurrences, which is suitable to prescribe adjuvant specific diets or drug therapy.

TL;DR: Reliable data emerged from a variety of clinical studies have disclosed a new and unpredictable scenario in the clinical usefulness of this measure, supporting the hypothesis that RDW might be a useful parameter for gathering meaningful clinical information, either diagnostic or prognostic, on a range of cardiovascular and thrombotic disorders.

TL;DR: Even if there is no evidence of a distinct gut microbiota composition in older sarcopenic patients, the literature supports the possible presence of a “gut–muscle axis”, whereby gut microbiota may act as the mediation of the effects of nutrition on muscle cells.

TL;DR: The current literature does not allow to make conclusive recommendations about the use of muscle ultrasound in geriatric practice, but this technique is very promising, and further studies should validate its applications in the context of sarcopenia assessment.