scholarly journals Addition of physical assessment techniques to Subjective Global Assessment, to improve estimation of nutrition status in hemodialysis patients

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Ann Nichols
2022 ◽  
Vol 71 (12) ◽  
pp. 2761-2765
Author(s):  
Lubna Ghazi ◽  
Murtaza Dhrolia ◽  
Aamna Hamid ◽  
Ruqaya Qureshi ◽  
Kiran Nasir ◽  
...  

Objective: Despite being an important predictor of morbidity and mortality, routine screening for malnutrition in dialysis patients is not a common practice in Pakistan. Modified Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) is a convenient, inexpensive and practical method to assess nutritional status particularly in resource limited setup. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in The Kidney Center Post Graduate Training institute (TKC-PGTI). Patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) were included through non-probability consecutive sampling. A one-time SGA score was calculated based on the history and physical examinations using modified SGA or Dialysis Malnutrition Score (DMS). Chi square test was applied to find association between variables, while to observe the amount of effect of factors on SGA score; binary logistic regression analysis was run. P value of ? 0.05 considered significant. Results: Mild-Moderately malnourished patients were the most frequent in our study 96(64%).None of patient had severe malnourishment. Females were 2.6 times more prone for malnourishment (p value=0.009). More than 5- years on hemodialysis also increased the risk of malnourishment by 12.5 times (p value <0.001). Overweight patients had 85 % less chance of being malnourished as compare to patients with normal weight (p value=0.004). Conclusion: Malnutrition is quite common in hemodialysis patients, which necessitates its regular assessment and monitoring. There is a need to assess the reasons of more malnourishment in female as compared to male. Similarly, the longer duration (> 5 years) on hemodialysis also need attention for prevention and cure of malnourishment.  Continuous...


Author(s):  
Ting-Yun Lin ◽  
Szu-Chun Hung

Abstract Background Protein-energy wasting (PEW) is prevalent and associated with adverse outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the pathogenesis of PEW in CKD patients has not been fully identified. The gut microbiota has been implicated in the regulation of host metabolism and energy balance. Therefore, we aimed to explore the association between nutritional status and the composition of the gut microbiota in hemodialysis patients. Methods Gut microbial diversity and taxonomy were examined in 88 hemodialysis patients with PEW (n = 22) and normal nutritional status (n = 66) who were matched 1:3 for age and sex. Nutritional status was assessed by using the 7-point subjective global assessment (SGA) score (1–3 = severe PEW; 4–5 = moderate PEW and 6–7 = normal nutrition). The gut microbiota was assessed by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing. Results Patients with normal nutritional status had a significantly higher body mass index and physical activity and serum albumin levels, but significantly lower levels of inflammatory cytokines than patients with PEW. The most striking finding was that the α-diversity of the gut microbiota was significantly lower in patients with PEW. In a multivariate analysis, the SGA score was independently and positively associated with α-diversity (P = 0.049). Patients with or without PEW were different with respect to the principal coordinate analysis of β-diversity. Notably, the relative abundance of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, a butyrate-producing bacteria, was markedly reduced in patients with PEW. Conclusion In hemodialysis patients, PEW assessed with the SGA was associated with gut dysbiosis.


2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Desbrow ◽  
Judith Bauer ◽  
Claudia Blum ◽  
Amutha Kandasamy ◽  
Alison McDonald ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
Thi Hong Chuyen Nguyen ◽  
Phuong Phung ◽  
Truong An Nguyen ◽  
Van Cau Nguyen ◽  
Thanh Phuc Nguyen ◽  
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Background: Cancer is the second cause of disease-related deaths worldwide. Malnutrition among cancer patients is very common, with an estimated incidence of approximately 40 to 80%. While it is already a proven fact that malnutrition is prevalent among cancer patients, its impact on the quality of life of patients has not been adequately studied, particularly in the local setting. Purpose: To assess quality of life, nutrition status and to determine the affects of nutrition status on quality of life of cancer patients treated chemotherapy at Oncology Department, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital. Methods: A cross sectional study with 70 cancer patients admitted for chemotherapy recruited from at oncology department, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital during March to September 2018. The EORTC QLQ-C30 were used to assess quality of life and Subjective Global Assessment scale were used to assess nutrition status. T-test, ANOVA, Mann Whitney, Kruskal Wallis were used to determine the correlation between 2 factors. Pearson and Spearman Coefficient were used to measure the strength of relationship between the factors. Results: Patient’s mean age was 58.93 ± 13.26, males were 61.3%. There were 67.14% patients with SGA A, 14.29% were classified SGA-B (moderately malnourished) and 18.57% were classified SGA C (severely malnourished). The global health scale, the functional scales were in the limit of the EORTC reference value, meanwhile the toxicities -related symptom scales were worse than the EORTC reference value. Patients were statistically different across the Subjective Global Assessment groups according to emotional (p < 0.05), and cognitive functioning (p < 0.05) nausea and vomiting (p < 0.05). Conclusions: This study showed that there were the effects of nutrition status on quality of life in patients treated chemotherapy. Key words: Quality of life, nutritional status, cancer, chemotherapy


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atefe Kohansal ◽  
Zahra Sohrabi ◽  
Hanieh Mirzahosseini ◽  
Moein Naghibi ◽  
Morteza Zare ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Protein-energy wasting (PEW) is prevalent among hemodialysis (HD) patients and is associated with poor outcomes. There are various methods for evaluating nutritional status in HD patients that each has its own advantages and disadvantages. We aimed at comparing the methods of normalized protein catabolic ratio (nPCR) and malnutrition universal screening tool (MUST) with subjective global assessment (SGA) in HD patients. Method: We examined 88 HD patients using SGA and MUST questionnaires, and also nPCR were calculated using predialysis and post-dialysis BUN, and Kt/v. Also, patients were assessed for PEW based on the Criteria of the International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism. Methods’ specificity, sensitivity, and precision rates were assessed. Correlations between methods were analyzed using Pearson-correlation. Results: Based on the SGA, MUST, and nPCR methods, almost 41, 30, and 60 percent of patients had malnutrition, respectively. According to the criteria by International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism, more than 90 percent of patients had PEW. SGA was positively and significantly associated with MUST (P≤0.001). Sensitivity for SGA, MUST, and nPCR methods were 100,100, 1.8 %, and their specificity were 98, 98, and 4 %, respectively and their precision rates were 99.7, 98.7, and 3%, respectively. Conclusion: From various methods of nutritional assessment (SGA, MUST, and nPCR), compared to SGA as the common method of nutrition assessment in hemodialysis patients, MUST had the nearest specificity, sensitivity, and precision rate compared to SGA and nPCR method had the lowest ones. nPCR seems to be a flawed marker of malnutrition and it should be more investigated whether MUST can be used instead of SGA or not.


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