title: [Intensive nutrition in ulcerative colitis. Influence on postoperative morbimortality].
abstract: Out of 103 consecutive patients with ulcerative cholitis, 37 required surgery. We compared perioperative morbidity and mortality in 18 patients receiving intensive nutritional care with 9 controls. An increase in serum albumin form 2.8 +/- 0.5 to 3.4 +/- 0.4 mg/dl (p less than 0.01) and lymphocytes from 1210 +/- 614 to 1736 +/- 770 (p less than 0.05) was observed in the first group, but not in the second. No deaths, shorter hospital stay and fewer complications were observed in the first group. We conclude that intensive nutritional care should be routinely used in patients with severe ulcerative cholitis requiring surgery.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maiz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zúñiga
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quintana
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000178:diet therapy*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Nutrición intensiva en colitis ulcerosa. Influencia en la morbimortalidad postoperatoria.