What's the difference between aliment and octothorpe?

Aliment


Definition:

  • (n.) That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support.
  • (n.) An allowance for maintenance.
  • (v. t.) To nourish; to support.
  • (v. t.) To provide for the maintenance of.

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  • (1) No differences in intestinal microsomal cytochrome P-450 content or meperidine demethylase activity were seen among the various alimentation groups.
  • (2) Hospitalisation time was short and satisfactory alimentation was achieved.
  • (3) Nutritional restoration using enteral or intravenous alimentation requires a delay of 10 to 14 days and is frequently not practical.
  • (4) Within 2 weeks of starting intravenous alimentation, it would appear highly desirable to be able to start at least small enteral feedings to interrupt the physiology of fasting.
  • (5) This is a report of the short- and long-term complications in a premature infant with tracheoesophageal fistula, including those related to central venous alimentation, seizures, chylothorax, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, dental erosions, gastroesophageal reflux, pulmonary problems, and gall stones.
  • (6) Varied clinical observations of the presence of either hunger or anorexia during intragastric or intravenous alimentation have led to the current experiments.
  • (7) The dermatitis disappeared slowly with oral alimentation in 2 cases, and in a few days in the third one, with oral zinc sulfate.
  • (8) Following administration of continuous enteral alimentation, intragastric pH fell, and ranitidine therapy only partially blocked this increase in gastric acidity induced by continuous enteral alimentation.
  • (9) With Vivasorb, the surgical patient's full alimentation can be maintained up to a few hours before the operation.
  • (10) It is pointed out that the optimal amounts of some of the components used are still under investigation, that there seems to be no imperative reason not to use glucose as the sole carbohydrate in this age group and that most of the possible long-term sequelae and complications of total long-term parenteral alimentation will have to be looked for by prospective studies of the children treated.
  • (11) Intensive protein and calorie alimentation are provided, and 0.5% aqueous AgNO3 dressings are used.
  • (12) Stomatitis was universal but rarely prevented oral alimentation or delayed therapy.
  • (13) With lipid emulsion, there was an increased fraction of saturated lecithins (mainly DPPC) both in lung tissue and lavage fluid, similar to former studies with hypocaloric alimentation.
  • (14) Needle catheter jejunostomy allows early alimentary tract utilization following operations, while percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and jejunostomy provide long-term solutions to the provision of enteral alimentation.
  • (15) Weights of the heart, lungs, carcass and visceral fat were not affected by level of alimentation.
  • (16) Excluded were those who were malnourished in whom preoperative alimentation corrected the anergy.
  • (17) These patients have demonstrated consistent weight gain and have been spared the complications associated with prolonged parenteral alimentation.
  • (18) In particular, the antegrade approach appears to be an acceptable solution for enteric alimentation.
  • (19) Thirty percent of the articles referred to experimental nutrition and toxicology of alimentation.
  • (20) Reaction of immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG, IgM) during a four week period under condition with a special parenteral and peroral alimentation was observed in three groups of patients (rectum neoplasm, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease) during a period of two weeks all patients received 150 g aminoacids and 510 g carbohydrates by central venous catheter.

Octothorpe


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