Nutritional assessment of peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in children.
Pediatr Hematol Oncol
; 17(5): 389-92, 2000.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10914049
ABSTRACT
Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) has many advantages for patients because hematopoiesis and general condition return to normal more rapidly than they do following bone marrow transplantation. Thus, the authors hypothesize that the nutritional condition of patients also returns to normal more rapidly after PBSCT. The duration of insufficient nutrition was investigated in children undergoing PBSCT. The subjects of this study were 8 patients with malignant diseases. The factors measured were body weight, body fat, cholesterol, albumin, pre-albumin, and retinol-binding protein. These parameters were measured a day before transplantation, and then once a week for 4 weeks after transplantation. All parameters were recovered until day 28 from the lowest level in transplantation. In this study, all parameters returned to normal comparatively early. PBSCT causes little damage to patients' nutrition.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Nutrition Assessment
/
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
/
Animals
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Child
/
Child, preschool
/
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Pediatr Hematol Oncol
Journal subject:
HEMATOLOGIA
/
NEOPLASIAS
/
PEDIATRIA
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japón