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The Evaluation of Nutritional Status of 100 Consecutive Patients at the Time of Admission to Surgical Clinic of Oncology Hospital
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Original Article
VOLUME: 48 ISSUE: 2
P: 63-66
2015

The Evaluation of Nutritional Status of 100 Consecutive Patients at the Time of Admission to Surgical Clinic of Oncology Hospital

Acta Haematol Oncol Turc 2015;48(2):63-66
DOI: 10.5505/aot.2015.57060
Niyazi Karaman
Osman Uyar
Bahadır Öndeş
Bülent Aksel
Volkan Kınaş
Cihangir Özaslan
1. Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Ankara, Turkey
2. Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Samsun, Turkey
3. Ceylanpınar Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Urfa, Turkey
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Received Date: 2015-07-21T10:49:45
Accepted Date: 2015-09-09T20:28:41
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION

In this study, the nutritional status of 100 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of malignancy at theadmission to general surgery clinic of a tertiary oncology reference center was evaluated.

METHODS

The diagnosis, gender, body mass index (BMI), nutritional risk screening (NRS 2002), and subjective global assessment of nutritional status (SGA) were evaluated.. Patients in terms of malnutritiion were grouped as normal (score 0), mild impairment (score 1), moderate impairment (score 2), and severe impairment (score 3). In terms of body mass index, the patients were grouped as underweight (<20), normal weight (20-25), overweight (25-30), obese (30-40) and morbidly obese (>40). In terms of subjective global assessment, the patients grouped as well-nourished (A), mild -to-moderate malnutrished (B) and severely malnourished (C ).

RESULTS

In terms of BMI, 46 patients were normal in weight, 34 patients were overweight, 12 patients were obese, 7 patients were underweight and one patient was morbidly obese. In terms of nutritional status, 42 patients were normal, severe impairment was present in 40 patients, moderate impairment in 12 patients and mild impairment in 6 patients..In terms of subjective global assessment, 50 patients were considered well nourished, 40 patients had mild-to-moderate malnutrition and severe malnutrition was found in 10 patients.Malnutrition was much more prevalent in patients with gastrointestinal tumors, as expected.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

Malnutrition is much more common than expected in patients admitted to oncology clinics. This impairment varies according to the location of primary disease. Malnutrition should be treated and possible new challenges should be avoided.