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Bruce R. Bistrian is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and nursing. Their work spans 50 publications in medicine and 18 in nursing, with a focus on physiology, nutrition and dietetics, surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and biochemistry.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Bistrian has published in a number of scientific journals, frequently contributing to:

  • Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
  • Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Nutrients

Recent significant publications include:

  • "Alternative Dietary Patterns for Americans: Low-Carbohydrate Diets," 2021, Nutrients
  • "Regression of human coronary artery plaque is associated with a high ratio of (18-hydroxy-eicosapentaenoic acid + resolvin E1) to leukotriene B 4," 2021, The FASEB Journal
  • "Parenteral Fish-Oil Emulsions in Critically Ill COVID-19 Emulsions," 2020, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
  • "The relationship between specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators, morbid obesity and weight loss after bariatric surgery," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Nutrition support teams: Institution, evolution, and innovation," 2022, Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Frequent collaborators in Bistrian's research include:

  • Peter N. Benotti
  • Christopher D. Still
  • Jila Kaberi-Otarod
  • Glenn S. Gerhard
  • David F. Driscoll

Best Publications

  • Nutritional and metabolic assessment of the hospitalized patient

    George L Blackburn;Bruce R. Bistrian;Baltej S. Maini;Haran T. Schlamm

  • Stress-induced hyperglycemia.

    Karen C. McCowen;Karen C. McCowen;Atul Malhotra;Atul Malhotra;Bruce R. Bistrian;Bruce R. Bistrian

  • Prevalence of malnutrition in general medical patients.

    Bruce R. Bistrian;George L. Blackburn;Joseph Vitale;David Cochran

  • Protein Status of General Surgical Patients

    Bruce R. Bistrian;George L. Blackburn;Edward Hallowell;Robert Heddle

  • Early postoperative glucose control predicts nosocomial infection rate in diabetic patients

    James J. Pomposelli;John K. Baxter;Timothy J. Babineau;Elizabeth A. Pomfret

  • The human metabolic response to chronic ketosis without caloric restriction: Preservation of submaximal exercise capability with reduced carbohydrate oxidation☆

    S.D. Phinney;B.R. Bistrian;W.J. Evans;E. Gervino

  • Infusion of tumor necrosis factor/cachectin promotes muscle catabolism in the rat. A synergistic effect with interleukin 1.

    Enrique A. Flores;Bruce R. Bistrian;James J. Pomposelli;Charles A. Dinarello

  • Postoperative fluid overload: not a benign problem.

    Jeffrey A. Lowell;Christopher Schifferdecker;David F. Driscoll;Peter N. Benotti

  • The risks of surgery in obese patients.

    Patrick S. Pasulka;Bruce R. Bistrian;Peter N. Benotti;George L. Blackburn

  • Reversal of Parenteral Nutrition-Associated Liver Disease in Two Infants With Short Bowel Syndrome Using Parenteral Fish Oil: Implications for Future Management

    Kathleen M. Gura;Christopher P. Duggan;Sharon B. Collier;Russell W. Jennings

  • Host defenses and susceptibility to infection in patients with diabetes mellitus.

    M. Molly McMahon;Bruce R. Bistrian

  • Cellular immunity in semistarved states in hospitalized adults

    B R Bistrian;G L Blackburn;N S Scrimshaw;J P Flatt

  • Hypocaloric total parenteral nutrition: effectiveness in prevention of hyperglycemia and infectious complications--a randomized clinical trial.

    Karen McCowen;Charles Friel;Jeffrey Sternberg;Samuel Chan

  • Serum levels of interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein correlate with body mass index across the broad range of obesity.

    Lalita Khaodhiar;Pei-Ra Ling;George L. Blackburn;Bruce R. Bistrian

  • The need to advance nutrition education in the training of health care professionals and recommended research to evaluate implementation and effectiveness

    Penny M Kris-Etherton;Sharon R Akabas;Connie W Bales;Bruce Bistrian

  • Effect of β-Glucan from Oats and Yeast on Serum Lipids

    Bell S;Goldman Vm;Bistrian Br;Arnold Ah

  • Biological measures for the formulation of a hospital prognostic index.

    K B Harvey;L L Moldawer;B R Bistrian;G L Blackburn

  • The human metabolic response to chronic ketosis without caloric restriction: Physical and biochemical adaptation

    S.D. Phinney;B.R. Bistrian;R.R. Wolfe;G.L. Blackburn

  • Appropriate protein provision in critical illness: a systematic and narrative review

    L John Hoffer;Bruce R Bistrian

  • Incidence, prognosis, and etiology of end-stage liver disease in patients receiving home total parenteral nutrition.

    S Chan;K C McCowen;B R Bistrian;A Thibault

Frequent Co-Authors

George L. Blackburn
George L. Blackburn Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Lyle L. Moldawer
Lyle L. Moldawer University of Florida
Charles A. Dinarello
Charles A. Dinarello University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Caroline M. Apovian
Caroline M. Apovian Brigham and Women's Hospital
Steven H. Zeisel
Steven H. Zeisel University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
William J. Evans
William J. Evans University of California, Berkeley
Christine Wanke
Christine Wanke Tufts University
Dwight E. Matthews
Dwight E. Matthews University of Vermont

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