Alves, Paula

Amaral, Teresa

Barbosa, Rita

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  529 Nutritional Risk and Survival in Cancer Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in the Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, Entidade Pública Empresarial R. Barbosa 1, TF. Amaral 2 and P. Alves 31 Student at Faculty of Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação, University of Porto, Portugal.2 Associate Professor at Faculty of Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação, University of Porto, Portugal.3Director of Serviço de Alimentação e Nutrição in IPOFG Porto, PortugalIntroduction: Undernutrition in cancer patients is recognized as an obstacle to treatment and rehabilitation of these patients and often goes beyond the solutions offered to minimize their effects. To determine whether the nutritional status of patients undergoing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) influence their survival, the occurrence of complications of PEG, as well as the weight evolution and length of stay with . Methods: A retrospective analysis of clinical charts from 173 patients who underwent to PEG procedure, in 2010 at IPOPFG, EPE was conducted. It was possible to evaluate the nutritional risk by MUST in 152 patients.Results: At PEG placement, 65.8% of patients were classified as being at High Nutritional Risk (HNR), but there was no difference in survival between them and those who had Low/Medium Nutritional Risk (LMNR). Although no statistically significant differences, patients with high nutritional risk had a lower survival. The frequency of major and minor complications was 6.4% and 27.2%, respectively. When compared in two groups to weight loss that elapsed between the placement of the PEG and the last weight recorded, it appears that patients BMRN lose more æ$||#¯#Conclusion: Given the high frequency of HNR during the PEG placement and unfavorable outcomes observed, the minimization of the undernutrition effects in cancer patients with PEG may undergo by an early nutritional intervention, considering more frequently the prophylactic PEG placement.

Nutritional risk and survival in cancer patients undergoing percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in the Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, EPE.

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Nutritional Risk and Survival in Cancer Patients Undergoing 
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in the Instituto Português de 
Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, Entidade Pública Empresarial 
R. Barbosa 1, TF. Amaral 2 and P. Alves 3
1 Student at Faculty of Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação, University of Porto, Portugal.
2 Associate Professor at Faculty of Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação, University of Porto, Portugal.
3Director of Serviço de Alimentação e Nutrição in IPOFG Porto, Portugal
Introduction: Undernutrition in cancer patients is recognized as an obstacle to treatment and 
rehabilitation of these patients and often goes beyond the solutions offered to minimize their 
effects. To determine whether the nutritional status of patients undergoing percutaneous 
endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) influence their survival, the occurrence of complications of 
PEG, as well as the weight evolution and length of stay with . 
Methods: A retrospective analysis of clinical charts from 173 patients who underwent to PEG 
procedure, in 2010 at IPOPFG, EPE was conducted. It was possible to evaluate the nutritional 
risk by MUST in 152 patients.
Results: At PEG placement, 65.8% of patients were classified as being at High Nutritional Risk 
(HNR), but there was no difference in survival between them and those who had Low/Medium 
Nutritional Risk (LMNR). Although no statistically significant differences, patients with high 
nutritional risk had a lower survival. The frequency of major and minor complications was 6.4% 
and 27.2%, respectively. When compared in two groups to weight loss that elapsed between the 
placement of the PEG and the last weight recorded, it appears that patients BMRN lose more 
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æ$||#¯#
Conclusion: Given the high frequency of HNR during the PEG placement and unfavorable 
outcomes observed, the minimization of the undernutrition effects in cancer patients with PEG 
may undergo by an early nutritional intervention, considering more frequently the prophylactic 
PEG placement.


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