Nutritional evaluation of patients discharged from a general surgery service

Authors

  • José Manuel Ricardo Ramírez Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba
  • Guillermo Santillán Pilca Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba
  • Roxana Martínez Martínez Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba
  • Lázaro Ibrahim Romero García Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba
  • Jorge Marcelo Morales Solís Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba

Keywords:

nutritional evaluation, surgical intervention, postoperative complication, hospital stay, secondary health care.

Abstract

A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out, in order to evaluate the nutritional state of 91 patients discharged from the General Surgery Service of "Saturnino Lora Torres" Clinical Surgical Teaching Provincial Hospital in Santiago de Cuba who had been treated with elective major surgery, during the triennium 2013-2015. There was a decrease of the patients with malnutrition and increase of the bioimpedance values, which constituted the most sensitive method to determine those patients affected with possibility of complications, because 89.5% of the malnourished cases had complications in the postoperative period. Also, the infection of the surgical site was the most frequent complication. It was concluded that malnutrition is an important problem for the operated patients and the most suitable methods for their nutritional evaluation are the corporal mass index, bioimpedance, as well as the global count of lymphocytes. 

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Author Biography

José Manuel Ricardo Ramírez, Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba

Especialista 2do Grado de Cirugía General

Máster en Urgencias Médicas

Profesor Auxiliar

Investigador Auxiliar

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Published

2016-09-05

How to Cite

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Ricardo Ramírez JM, Santillán Pilca G, Martínez Martínez R, Romero García LI, Morales Solís JM. Nutritional evaluation of patients discharged from a general surgery service. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2016 Sep. 5 [cited 2025 May 29];20(9). Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/722

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 9 (2016): MEDISAN

Section

Original Articles

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