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Document Type : Article In Journal 
Document Title :
The value of nutritional assessment methods in surgical patients living in Saudi Arabia
The value of nutritional assessment methods in surgical patients living in Saudi Arabia
 
Subject : Nutrition 
Document Language : English 
Abstract : Several methods have been propsed to assess nutritional status of patients in relation to post-operative complications including instant nutritional assessment (INA) and prognostic nutritional index (PNI). Weight loss (WL) has also been related to post-operative morbidity. A prospective study was conducted to evaluate the prognostic ability of INA, PNI and WL in 300 patients affected by major and semi-major surgeries. Post-operative sepsis occurred in 28 (9.3%) patients. Of the 300 patients studied, 91 (30.2%) had WL 10%; 12 patients were septic. Of the 28 septic patients indentified, 24 (85.7%) were within the high-risk group as identified by PNI characterisation. When both serum albumin and total lymphocyte count were abnormal, sepsis rate was 100%. All methods had a Youden index greater than one. Therefore, WL should be the first parameter assessed, and if WL is > 10%, then INA can be used to assess the patient further 
ISSN : 0261-5614 
Journal Name : Clinical Nutrition 
Volume : 10 
Issue Number : 6 
Publishing Year : 1412 AH
1991 AD 
Article Type : Article 
Added Date : Wednesday, October 14, 2009 

Researchers

Researcher Name (Arabic)Researcher Name (English)Researcher TypeDr GradeEmail
محمد العرضاويArdawi, Mohammed InvestigatorDoctorate 
عبدالرحمن مكاويMeccawy, AbdulRahman ResearcherDoctorate 
عبدالرحمن آشيAshy, AbdulRahman ResearcherDoctorate 
ياسر جمالJamal, Yasir ResearcherDoctorate 
خليل سلمانSalman, Khalil ResearcherDoctorate 

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