Changes in Dietary Intake, Body Weight, Nutritional Status, and Metabolic Rate in a Pancreatic Cancer Patient
Clinical Nutrition Research
;
: 154-158, 2013.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-23186
ABSTRACT
Pancreatic cancer patients often have a poor prognosis and suffer from nutritional problems. Malnutrition is characterized by weight loss and decreased dietary intake, and is common among pancreatic cancer patients. The objective of this report was to describe the changes in dietary intake, body weight, nutritional status, and metabolic rate on a continuum from the time of diagnosis until the end of life in a patient with pancreatic cancer. In summary, the patient's nutritional status gradually declined, accompanied by extreme weight loss and decreased dietary intake. Conversely, resting energy expenditure, measured by indirect calorimetry, increased from 24 kcal/kg/day to 35 kcal/kg/day. Nutritional management during cancer treatment is important but may be challenging in pancreatic cancer patients.
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Índice:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Pancreáticas
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Prognóstico
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Metabolismo Basal
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Peso Corporal
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Calorimetria Indireta
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Redução de Peso
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Registros de Dieta
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Estado Nutricional
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Desnutrição
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Diagnóstico
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Clinical Nutrition Research
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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