Nutrition
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Relationship between nutritional treatment compliance and nutritional status improvements in patients with gastrointestinal impairment taking an oral peptide-based supplement.
Compliance in outpatients with gastrointestinal (GI) malabsorption is key in nutritional treatment. The objective of this study was to assess compliance in patients with GI impairment and malnutrition taking a high-calorie, high-protein, peptide-based oral nutritional supplement (ONS-PBD). ⋯ These data show that ONS-PBD compliance in malnourished patients with GI symptoms is high, reducing GI symptoms and improving patients' nutritional status.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
The application value of preoperative fat-free mass index within Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition-defined malnutrition criteria for postoperative outcomes in patients with esophagogastric cancer.
The present study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of the preoperative fat-free mass index (FFMI) for postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing esophagogastric cancer surgery and to explore the role of the FFMI in the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria. ⋯ The FFMI has an important role in the diagnosis of malnutrition using the GLIM criteria. In this study, a decreased preoperative FFMI was closely associated with postoperative complications in patients with esophagogastric cancer.
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Multicenter Study
Association of serum total bilirubin with survival outcomes in patients with cancer cachexia: A prospective, multicenter cohort study.
Cancer cachexia is a systemic paraneoplastic phenomenon involving multiple organs, including the liver. Total bilirubin (TBIL) is an easily obtained blood biomarker that reflects liver homeostasis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of serum TBIL in patients with cancer cachexia. ⋯ High TBIL levels are associated with increased all-cause mortality in patients and might be a promising prognostic indicator in patients with cancer cachexia.