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- Title
The Prevalence and Impact of Nutritional Risk and Malnutrition in Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology Patients: A Prospective, Observational, Multicenter, and Exploratory Study.
- Authors
Durán Poveda, Manuel; Suárez-de-la-Rica, Alejandro; Cancer Minchot, Emilia; Ocón Bretón, Julia; Sánchez Pernaute, Andrés; Rodríguez Caravaca, Gil
- Abstract
A prospective, observational, multicenter, and exploratory study was conducted in 469 gastrointestinal cancer patients undergoing elective surgery. The Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) and the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria were used to assess nutritional risk. On admission, 17.9% and 21.1% of patients were at moderate (MUST score 1) and severe (MUST score ≥ 2) nutritional risk, respectively. The GLIM criteria used in patients with a MUST score ≥ 2 showed moderate malnutrition in 35.3% of patients and severe in 64.6%. Forty-seven percent of patients with a MUST score ≥ 2 on admission had the same score at discharge, and 20.7% with a MUST score 0 had moderate/severe risk at discharge. Small bowel, esophageal, and gastric cancer and diabetes were predictors of malnutrition on admission. Complications were significantly higher among patients with a MUST score 1 or ≥2 either on admission (p = 0.001) or at discharge (p < 0.0001). In patients who received nutritional therapy (n = 231), 43% continued to have moderate/severe nutritional risk on discharge, and 54% of those with MUST ≥ 2 on admission maintained this score at discharge. In gastrointestinal cancer patients undergoing elective surgery, there is an urgent need for improving nutritional risk screening before and after surgery, as well as improving nutritional therapy during hospitalization.
- Subjects
SPAIN; RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL assessment; SCIENTIFIC observation; SURGERY; PATIENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL tumors; COMPARATIVE studies; MALNUTRITION; HOSPITAL care; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DISEASE prevalence; RESEARCH funding; DISCHARGE planning; LONGITUDINAL method; NUTRITIONAL status; DISEASE risk factors; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Nutrients, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 14, p3283
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu15143283