[Screening of community malnutrition by homecare staff in Neuchâtel--Switzerland]. / Dépistage de la dénutrition communautaire par les services de soins à domicile à Neuchâtel.

Malnutrition is unidentified in about 60% of malnourished people until their hospital admission. The screening of malnutrition and the institution of a nutritional therapy at home may decrease the mortality and the arise of in-hospital complications. In collaboration with NOMAD (General homecare organ in Neuchâtel - Switzerland), a pilot study was performed in order to evaluate the incidence of the community malnutrition. 129 homecare customers of NOMAD, mostly >70 years old, were screened by a trained staff using a score tool (SRNS) based on 5 simple criteria 39,5% of them were malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. The relevance of SRNS assessments was confirmed by a nutritional dietician in 81,85% of cases, corresponding to 28% of the whole cohort. This incidence is comparable to other studies.

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Expert computer program for the management of laser surgery.

Since 1960 when the first laser was produced, different types of lasers were developed and over one hundred of them are actually used in medicine. These facts makes very difficult for a surgeon to optimally utilize different types of laser in varying surgical circumstances, unless a laser expert is actually participating in the procedure. As this presence is impractical, if not impossible in every case, we are offering a computer program which presents information in a flexible and friendly way; it is self perfecting and greatly expandable.