Nutritional status of children and adolescents at diagnosis of hematological and solid malignancies
Rev. bras. hematol. hemoter
;
36(6): 420-423, Nov-Dec/2014. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: lil-731239
ABSTRACT
Objective: To assess the nutritional status of child and adolescent patients with cancer at diagnosis. Methods: A total of 1154 patients were included and divided into two groups: solid and hematological malignancies. The parameters used for nutritional assessment were weight, height, triceps skinfold thickness, mid-upper arm circumference, arm muscle circumference, body mass index and percentage weight loss. Results: At diagnosis, below adequate body mass index was observed by anthropometric analysis in 10.85% of the patients 12.2% in the solid tumor group and 9.52% in the hematologic group. The average weight loss adjusted for a period of 7 days was −2.82% in the hematologic group and −2.9% in the solid tumor group. Conclusions: The prevalence of malnutrition is higher among patients with malignancies than in the general population, even though no difference was observed between the two groups...
Texto completo:
DisponíveL
Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Redução de Peso
/
Criança
/
Estado Nutricional
/
Adolescente
/
Neoplasias Hematológicas
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
/
Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adolescente
/
Criança
/
Criança, pré-escolar
/
Feminino
/
Humanos
/
Lactente
/
Masculino
/
Recém-Nascido
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Rev. bras. hematol. hemoter
Assunto da revista:
Hematologia
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidade Federal de São Paulo/BR
Similares
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS