Frequency and factors associated with malnutrition among patients with achalasia and effect of pneumatic dilation

Autor:	Uday Chand Ghoshal, Prabhakar Kumar Thakur, Asha Misra
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	balloon dilation Eckardt score motor dysphagia nutrition treatment Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology RC799-869
Zdroj:	JGH Open, Vol 3, Iss 6, Pp 468-473 (2019)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2397-9070
DOI:	10.1002/jgh3.12191
Popis:	Background Although achalasia patients are undernourished, studies are scant. We studied: (i) the frequency of malnutrition among these patients and (ii) the effect of pneumatic dilatation (PD) on malnutrition. Methods A total of 70 adult achalasia patients and 70 healthy controls were evaluated through dietary recall, anthropometry, and biochemical parameters, and patients were reevaluated 6 months after PD. Results Patients had lower intake of calories (median, interquartile range [IQR]: 1835.0 [1682.5–1915.0] vs 2071.5 [1950–2276.2] kcal/day, P
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