Assessment of nutritional status in patients, operated on the colon

Potapov, A.L.; Babanin, A.A.; Kozlov, A.V.; Vorobets, I.M.; Berberov, R.A.; Astaf'ev, D.S.

Klinichna Khirurhiia 9: 12-14

2005


ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2130
PMID: 16445036
Document Number: 588572
In 54 patients, operated on the colon, the indexes of nutritive status - body mass index, the shoulder circumference, the circulating albumin level and the leukocytes count - were estimated on the third and the tenth postoperative day. On the third day after the operation the lowering of these indexes was noted in the patients. Postoperative disorders of nutrition after colonic interventions have multifactorial mechanism of pathogenesis and need complex approach for their correction.

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