Avaliação dos indicadores nutricionais e da composição corporal em hepatopatas crônicos e a relação com a etiologia e gravidade da doença

A doença hepática crônica influencia direta e indiretamente o estado nutricional do paciente, sendo a desnutrição bastante prevalente nesta população. As causas da desnutrição são multifatoriais, relacionadas à alteração na ingestão, na absorção e no metabolismo dos macro e micronutrientes. O diagnóstico nutricional torna-se difícil, pois, não existe um método considerado padrão-ouro e os métodos disponíveis podem não ser fidedignos pela influência da própria doença no resultado. O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar os indicadores do estado nutricional e a composição corporal dos pacientes portadores de cirrose hepática e relacioná-los com o sexo, a etiologia e a gravidade da doença hepática. Os indicadores nutricionais avaliados foram os antropométricos (Índice de Massa Corpórea específico para pacientes cirróticos, dobras cutâneas e circunferências), os funcionais (dinamometria e espessura do músculo adutor do polegar), a avaliação nutricional subjetiva global e os laboratoriais (albumina, hemoglobina, hematócrito e contagem total de linfócitos). Para a avaliação da composição corporal foi utilizada a bioimpedância elétrica unifrequencial (BIA) que mensurou a resistência (R), a reactância (Xc), o ângulo de fase (AF) e a massa celular corpórea (MCC). A gravidade da doença hepática foi estimada pelos critérios de Child-Pugh e pelo Meld (The model end-stage liver disease). Os indicadores do estado nutricional foram dicotomisados em: desnutrição e sem desnutrição ou com depleção e sem depleção. Os pacientes cirróticos de etiologia alcoólica apresentaram maior depleção em todos os parâmetros antropométricos, funcionais e na avaliação nutricional subjetiva global (ANSG), sendo estatisticamente significante para Circunferência do Braço (CB), Circunferência Muscular do Braço (CMB) e ANSG...The chronic hepatic disease directly and indirectly influences on patient’s nutritional status and malnutrition is highly prevalent in this population. The causes of malnutrition are multifactorial, related to alterations on ingestion, absorption and metabolism of macro and micronutrients. The nutritional diagnosis is difficult, because there isn’t a gold standard method, and available methods are not reliable, once the disease itself interferes in the result. The objective of the work was to appraise nutritional status indicators and body composition of cirrhotic patients treated in the nutrition first aid posts of Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu – UNESP, and relate them to gender, etiology and severity of the liver disease. The nutritional indicators appraised have been the anthropometrical (specific body mass index for cirrhotic patients, skinfolds and circumferences), the functional (dynamometry and thickness of the adductor pollicis muscles), the Subjective Global Assessment of Nutritional Status (SGA) and the laboratorial (albumin, hemoglobin, hematocrit, lymphocytes total count). On the appraisement of body composition, unifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) has measured resistance (R), reactance (Xc), phase angle (PA) and body cell mass (BCM). The severity of the liver disease has been estimated by the Child-Pugh score and by Meld (The Model end-stage liver disease). The nutritional status indicators have been dichotomized as following: malnutrition and without malnutrition, or with depletion and without depletion. Cirrhotic patients with alcoholic etiology have exhibited more depletion in all the anthropometrical and functional parameters and in the Subjective Global Assessment of Nutritional Status (SGA) and they have been statistically relevant for Arm Circumference (AC), Arm Muscular Circumference (AMC) and SGA... (Complete abstract click electronic access below

Evaluation of nutritional indicators and body composition in patients with advanced liver disease enrolled for liver transplantation

PURPOSE: Malnutrition is prevalent in patients with advanced liver disease (LD) related to multifactorial causes. Fluid retention can underestimate the nutritional status based on anthropometric measures. We evaluated nutritional indicators and body composition (BC) in patients with liver cirrhosis and correlated them with LD severity. METHODS: Forty three patients with LD enrolled for liver transplantation were evaluated by Anthropometric measures, subjective evaluation (Global Assessment of Nutritional Status - SGA) and biochemical indicators. Single-frequency electrical bioimpedance (SFE-BIA) was used to evaluate body composition (BC). It measured resistance (R), reactance (Xc) and the phase angle (PA). LD severity was estimated by Child-Pugh and Meld criteria (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease). RESULTS: Child-Pugh index between patients was 7.11±1.70 and Meld was 12.23±4.22. Arm Circumference, Arm Muscle Circumference and Arm Muscle Area, SGA, hemoglobin, hematocrit and albumin showed better correlation with disease severity. Xc and PA showed correlation both with Meld and Child-Pugh score when BC were evaluated. PA was depleted in 55.8% of the patients. CONCLUSIONS: Diagnosis of malnutrition varied according to the method. Global assessment of nutritional status showed better correlation with disease severity than with objective methods. Single-frequency electrical bioimpedance for body composition analysis in cirrhotic patients must be cautiously used; however, primary vectors seems to be valid and promising in clinical practice

BODY COMPOSITION IN PATIENTS WITH CROHN’S DISEASE AND ULCERATIVE COLITIS

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The nutritional status of individuals with inflammatory bowel diseases is directly related to the severity of the disease and is associated with poor prognosis and the deterioration of immune competence. OBJECTIVE To assess the nutritional status and the body composition of outpatients with inflammatory bowel diseases. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted with clinical and nutritional assessment of patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Patients were classified according to the clinical activity through Crohn’s Disease Activity Index and Mayo Score. Nutritional assessment consisted of anthropometric measurements of current weight, height, mid-arm circumference, triceps skinfold thickness and thickness of adductor policis muscle, with subsequent calculation of BMI, arm muscle circumference and the mid-arm muscle area (MAMA). The phase angle (PhA) and lean and fat mass were obtained with the use of electrical bioimpedance. Descriptive statistics, chi-square test or Fisher exact test, ANOVA and t-test. RESULTS We evaluated 141 patients of which 54 (38.29%) had Crohn’s disease and 87 (61.70%) ulcerative colitis. The mean age was 43.98 (±15.68) years in Crohn’s disease and 44.28 (±16.29) years for ulcerative colitis. Most of the patients were in clinical remission of the disease (Crohn’s disease: 88.89%; ulcerative colitis: 87.36%). Regarding the nutritional classification using BMI, it was found that 48.15% of Crohn’s disease patients were eutrophic and 40.74% were overweight or obese; among patients with ulcerative colitis, 52.87% were classified as overweight or obese. When considering the triceps skinfold, it was observed in both groups a high percentage of overweight and obesity (Crohn’s disease: 75.93%; ulcerative colitis: 72.42%). Crohn’s disease patients showed the most affected nutritional status according to the nutritional variables when compared to patients with ulcerative colitis (BMI: 24.88 kg/m² x BMI: 26.56 kg/m², P=0.054; MAMA: 35.11 mm x MAMA: 40.39 mm, P=0.040; PhA: 6.46° x PhA: 6.83°, P=0.006). CONCLUSION Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases have a high prevalence of overweight and obesity. Crohn’s disease patients had more impaired anthropometric and body composition indicators when compared to patients with ulcerative colitis

Evolução da perda de peso entre indivíduos da fila de espera para a cirurgia bariátrica em um ambulatório multidisciplinar de atenção secundária à saúde

Objective: The objective of this study is to characterize the assistance and analyze patient's adherence to nutritional follow-up while in the waiting line for bariatric surgery in a multidisciplinary, secondary healthcare outpatient clinic. Methods: This retrospective study was based on the nutritional records of 59 patients subjected to bariatric surgery at the Hospital das Clinics de Botucatu, from 2001 to 2008. The population studied was distributed into 8 groups and analyzed according to follow-up duration. The analysis took into account the evolution of body weight and the number of follow-up visits in a given period. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare data between groups while Spearman's coefficient was used to test correlations. Results: Among the 59 studied patients, 42 (71.2%) returned to the clinic at least once in six months. Of these, 67.8% lost weight while in the waiting line and 27.1% of them lost more than 10% of their body weight. The greatest weight losses in the preoperative period were found in the groups that had more than six months of nutrition follow-up. There was a mean delay of three months between return visits, which could have contributed to the low adherence to follow-up. Conclusion: The patients in the waiting line for surgery analyzed in this study presented low adherence to the long-spaced return visits. The greatest weight losses were observed in groups that had been followed for more than six months. This shows that, to achieve the desired weight loss and an adequate education process before surgery, at least six months of follow-up and regular visits are necessary