title: [Nutritional habits and protein status of surgical patients during the preclinical phase].
abstract: In this study the importance of nutrition during the preoperative period has to be find out. Three methods are helpful in it: 1. anamnesis of nutrition; 2. status of the subcutaneous fat tissue by measuring the skinfolds with a Harpenden-Caliper; 3. proteinstatus. 24 patients after gastric surgery and 20 patients of a control group were investigated. There was found a loss of weight inabout half of these 24 "gastric patients" preoperatively. These special patients showed a malnutrition in their anamnesis, thin skinfolds, low serum albumin and total protein concentration and a decreased concentration of immunoglobulins. They got six times more infectious complicationes than the patients without a preoperative loss of weight. It is proposed to develop an adequate plan for preoperative and post-operative nutrition.
mesh_terms: D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D001835:Body Weight; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis; D012885:Skinfold Thickness
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D012709:Serum Albumin
vernacular_title: Ernhrungsgewohnheiten und Proteinstatus von chirurgischen Patienten in der präklinischen Phase