Altered Preoperative Nutritional Status in Colorectal Cancer: A Not So Infrequent Issue

Autor: Javier Páramo-Zunzunegui, Araceli Ramos-Carrasco, Marcos Alonso-García, Rosa Cuberes-Montserrat, Gil Rodríguez-Caravaca, Manuel Durán-Poveda
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, Vol 2020 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2090-0724
2090-0732
DOI: 10.1155/2020/5049194
Popis: Introduction. Malnutrition and weight loss in cancer patients is a common problem that affects the prognosis of the disease. In the case of CRC, malnutrition rates range between 30 and 60%. Objectives. Description of the preoperative nutritional status of patients diagnosed with colorectal neoplasia who will undergo surgery. Materials and Methods. A prospective observational study is performed. Results. Of 234 patients studied, we observed that 139 (59%) had some degree of nutritional risk. Of all of them, 44.9% (N = 47) had 1-2 points according to MUST and 25% (N = 27) had more than 2 points. No differences were found when studying nutritional risk according to the location of the neoplasm. It was observed that 2.15% of the patients were underweight, 51% overweight, and 23% obese. 19.4% of patients lost less than 5 kg in the 3–6 months prior to diagnosis, 20.7% lost between 5 and 10 kg, and 2.1% lost more than 10 kg. In asymptomatic patients, the weight loss was lower than in symptomatic patients, loss
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