Director
María Cristina de la Cuerda Compés
Group type
EMERGING
Research lines

Axis 1: Assessment of nutritional status

L1: Translation into Spanish and validation of the VGS-GP QUESTIONNAIRE

L2: NUTRITIONAL SCREENING at hospital admission

L3: Role of vitamin D deficiency in key events in liver cirrhosis and the impact of supplementation

L4: Evolution of energy expenditure and blood levels of amino acids and acylcarnitines in patients in the hematopoietic precursor transplantation programme

L5: Nutritional assessment of patients receiving biological treatments

L6: Assessment of nutritional status and body composition in patients with PC undergoing cytoreduction and HIPEC

L7: Prevalence of malnutrition in gastrointestinal surgical oncology patients

L8: Ultrasound assessment of body composition in patients with hip fractures: prognostic implications

L9: Application of the phase angle in the assessment of nutritional status and prognosis in patients with peritoneal surface cancer undergoing cytoreduction and HIPEC

L10: Evaluation of body composition in patients with head and neck cancer using bioimpedance bioimpedance

Bioimpedance measurement during radiotherapy

Axis 2: Home artificial nutrition

L1: Quality of care in HPN

L2: Economic evaluation of home parenteral nutrition at Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

L3: Virtual reality for the management and care of central venous accesses for HPN

L4: Design and evaluation of a comprehensive home care programme for parenteral nutrition

L5: Study of the quality of life of Nutrihome patients

L6: Retrospective cost study in patients with HPN and CIS

Axis 3: COVID-19

L1: Effect of nutritional treatment on mortality and outcomes in critically ill patients with COVID-19

L2: Nutritional care in critically ill patients hospitalised for COVID-1: an observational study with 1-year follow-up

L3: Effect of leucine- and vitamin D-enriched supplementation on the nutritional status of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia undergoing high-flow nasal oxygen therapy.

L4: Observational study of body composition in post-ICU patients with COVID or other respiratory distress syndromes undergoing nutritional intervention and motor rehabilitation.