Nutritional Status of Children and Adolescents at Diagnosis of Hematological and Solid Malignancies

Overview

Journal Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Hematology

Date 2014 Dec 3

PMID 25453652

Citations 13

Authors

Priscila Dos Santos Maia Lemos

Fernanda Luisa Ceragioli de Oliveira

Eliana Maria Monteiro Caran

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Abstract

Objective: To assess the nutritional status of child and adolescent patients with cancer at diagnosis.

Methods: A total of 1154 patients were included and divided into two groups: solid and hematological malignancies. The parameters used for nutritional assessment were weight, height, triceps skinfold thickness, mid-upper arm circumference, arm muscle circumference, body mass index and percentage weight loss.

Results: At diagnosis, below adequate body mass index was observed by anthropometric analysis in 10.85% of the patients - 12.2% in the solid tumor group and 9.52% in the hematologic group. The average weight loss adjusted for a period of 7 days was -2.82% in the hematologic group and -2.9% in the solid tumor group.

Conclusions: The prevalence of malnutrition is higher among patients with malignancies than in the general population, even though no difference was observed between the two groups.

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