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AIM: The aim of this study was to assess the preoperative nutritional status of patients undergoing thoracic surgery using different nutritional tools. MATERIAL AND METHOD: . We conducted a prospective study on a sample of 43 thoracic patients, including 23 with neoplasms and 20 with non-neoplastic pathology who underwent thoracic surgery procedures between July-September 2011, in the Thoracic Surgery Clinic in Iasi. Weight and height were measured and body mass index (BMI) was calculated. WHO classification for BMI categories was used. Preoperative serum level of transthyretin (TTR) and demographic data (gender, age) were also assessed. All patients were examined by the Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) and the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002). RESULTS: After performing SGA, 67.9% of the patients were well-nourished, 21.4% were moderately or suspected of being malnourished and 10.7% were severely malnourished. The level of TTR was significantly lower in the moderately or severely malnourished group, compared to those considered well-nourished. According to NRS-2002, 42.9% of the patients were considered at nutritional risk. The level of TTR of these patients was lower than the level of TTR of the patients without nutritional risk, but without statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS: Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) and the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) are useful in identifying patients with nutritional risk, so that appropriate nutritional management could be initialised even before surgery.
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Enfermedades Pulmonares/cirugía , Desnutrición/diagnóstico , Desnutrición/etiología , Estado Nutricional , Prealbúmina/metabolismo , Cuidados Preoperatorios , Cirugía Torácica , Adulto , Anciano , Biomarcadores/sangre , Índice de Masa Corporal , Peso Corporal , Femenino , Humanos , Enfermedades Pulmonares/sangre , Enfermedades Pulmonares/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/cirugía , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Evaluación Nutricional , Estudios Prospectivos , Factores de Riesgo , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Factores de Tiempo , Pérdida de PesoRESUMEN
Ghrelin is an important neuroendocrine peptide having as main purpose the stimulation of growth hormone (GH) secretion. It is also an important regulator of the long-term energy balance and short-term nutritional intake. Ghrelin has several other biological actions, among which the capacity to regulate gastrointestinal motility, to modulate the reproductive and stress axes as well as the glucose metabolism, and other well-defined actions within the cardiovascular and renal physiology. Due to its numerous effects, ghrelin is considered on one hand a potential target in the treatment of obesity and on the other, a therapeutic option in other dysfunctions and illnesses.
