title: Nutritional assessment in gynecology patients.
abstract: A nutritional assessment was performed upon 72 patients admitted for major elective gynecologic surgery for nonmalignant diseases. This nutritional assessment included body weight, triceps skinfold, arm muscle circumference, creatinine-height index, serum albumin and transferrin, total lymphocyte count, and dermal antigen testing. We found that 29 patients (42%) had at least one test result indicating a nutritional deficiency. Of the 72 patients, 19 (26%) experienced a postoperative complication. The occurrence of a complication did not correlate with any nutritional parameter other than albumin (p = 0.013), but even then, the positive predictive value of albumin was only 40%. Age also correlated with complication status (p = 0.002).
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006304:Health Status; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010328:Patch Tests; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D014168:Transferrin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D012709:Serum Albumin; D014168:Transferrin; D003404:Creatinine