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Adjusted bioimpedance measurement of fat free mass provides good agreement with CT scans when estimating muscle mass in ICU. …itionanddieteticseditor.wordpress.com/2020/09/01/adj…

Ready to go .... ANZMOSS-ANZGOSA 2020!! We have international experts discussing the challenges in multimodal treatment of oesophago-gastric malignancy. Then it’s my turn to present on measures of muscularity in preoperative risk screening. Hope to ‘see’ some dietitians there 😁

Looking forward to hearing about this study. An important clinical area for nutrition research!

I’m very excited to have my first PhD paper published in European Journal of Surgical Oncology! A huge thank you to @ForsythAdrienne Audrey Tierney & all co-authors for their contribution.

Congratulations Irene Deftereos! A fantastic study showing the importance of preoperative dietetic intervention. Looks like we still have some work to do to ensure that all patients can access that care. This is great progress though.

We did it!! Last week we completed the #GutsyChallenge 12 Apostles Trek to raise important research funds for GI Cancer Institute and AGITG. Many in our amazing group have been impacted by GI cancer & fundraising efforts need to continue. Please help me reach my target at: 12apostles.gofundraise.com.au/page/Lisa-9815…

Upper GI Surgery Dietitians may be the first to identify symptoms of anastomotic strictures after oesophagectomy. An important reminder from @RoosPouw at #ISDE2022 …. strictures are common (10-43%), associate with dysphagia, weight loss and reduced QOL, and can occur very late.

Back at #ISDE2022 - on multiple occasions, malnourished oesophagectomy patients were defined only by BMI <18.5. We know that malnutrition occurs irrespective of BMI!! Time to use more comprehensive malnutrition definitions in surgical risk stratification tools. ISDE.net

Very much looking forward to this session! Especially the presentation by Emer Guinan on ‘Creating the Next Generation of Allied Health Professional Researchers’.

Great start to Day 2 of #AuSPEN2022 Dr Elena George providing an excellent update on all things NAFLD, including interesting results from her MEDINA RCT paper Dr Elena George, AdvAPD, PhD Audrey Tierney AuSPEN

A patient's preoperative nutrition status determines how critical the catabolic response. Read more here: aspenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… Katherine Ford Carla Prado, PhD, RD, FCAHS M. Cristina Gonzalez Lisa Murnane Dr. Chelsia Gillis Paul Wischmeyer MD Dileep Lobo

A comprehensive summary of the value of body composition in assessing preoperative nutrition risk & and the novel methods available. An important insight for surgical dietitians!

Day 1 of #SCWD23 …. in the opening keynote lecture by Maurizio Muscaritoli we see research from Melbourne presented! A/Prof Nicole Kiss & team showing the negative impact of sarcopenia on survival in patients with cancer.

Moving beyond tumour staging …. Barry Laird highlighting the importance of staging the host & treating the host via a multimodal intervention for cancer cachexia #SCWD23

Twice in one day! Work from A/Prof Lee-anne Chapple being discussed by Zudin in the ‘New concepts in preventing muscle wasting in critically ill patients’ session at #SCWD23 Many of these concepts could be applied to cancer cachexia

I found this so interesting! Increased collagen within/fibrosis of respiratory muscles of patients with oesophageal cancer is associated with cachexia. Could this help to explain why low muscle mass on CT is associated with post-op pneumonia? #SCWD23 SCWD

I’ve been wanting to attend the International Conference on Sarcopenia Cachexia & Wasting Disorders for many years so I’m excited to have had the opportunity to present some of my PhD work on sarcopenia in oesophagogastric cancer surgery #SCWD23 🇸🇪

An inspiring few days at the AANZGOSA conference with Nick Maynard highlighting the importance of dietetic follow-up in symptom management & QOL. There was a call for more (than two!) surgical dietitians to attend in the future. I highly recommend - I learnt so much!

Body composition changes vary significantly pre- & post-oesophagogastric cancer surgery. Presenting results from my PhD research at the ANZMOSS AANZGOSA 2023 conference in Christchurch during the week. AANZGOSA

An excellent summary & an important paper for dietitians working with Upper GI cancer patients. Well done Dr Lauren Hanna & team!