Nutritional status of children and adolescents at diagnosis of hematological and solid malignancies

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia

Priscila Dos Santos Maia Lemos¹  Fernanda Luisa Ceragioli De Oliveira¹  Eliana Maria Monteiro Caran¹ 

关键词: Pediatrics;    Adolescent;    Weight loss;    Nutritional status;    Neoplasms;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.bjhh.2014.06.001

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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.

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