Investigation of nutritional risk, malnutrition and nutrition support in patients with gynecologic malignant tumors / 中华临床营养杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the prevalence of nutritional risk and malnutrition,and the application of nutrition support in hospitalized patients with surgically treated gynecologic malignant tumors.Methods 237 hospitalized patients with malignant tumors receiving surgery in Department of Gynecology of Beijing Hospital from January 1 to December 31,2013 were continuously sampled.Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) was performed in the morning the day after admission.NRS 2002 score ≥ 3 was considered indicating nutritional risk.Malnutrition was judged in accordance with NRS 2002.The application of postoperative nutrition support was recorded.Results The nutritional risk screening was applicable in all the patients (100％).The prevalence of malnutrition was 5.1％ (12/237) in the whole study population,9.2％ in the elderly (≥65 years),significantly higher than that in the patients ＜ 65 years (2.7％) (P =0.034).The nutritional risk rate was 21.1％ (50/237),which was 29.9％ in the patients ≥ 65 years and significantly lower in the patients ＜ 65 years (16.0％) (P =0.014).The nutritional risk rate in the patients with ovarian and endometrial cancers was higher the rate in those patients with vaginal and vulvar cancer was lower.47 patients (19.8％)received postoperative nutrition support,all being parenteral nutrition,including total parenteral nutrition in 13 patients (5.5％) and single transfusion (providing two or more than two amongs glucose,fat emulsion,andi amino acids) in 34 (14.3％).Tube feeding was not applied in all the patients.33 cases (66％) in the 50 patients with nutritional risk were supported by parenteral nutrition,while 14 cases (7.5％) in the 187 patients without nutritional risk were supported by parenteral nutrition.Conclusions There is nutritional risk in the patients with gynecology malignant tumors,the rate of which is higher in elderly patents (≥ 65 years) than in the patients of other age groups.Therefore,attention must be paid to ensure adequate postoperative nutrition support in the elderly patients.