[Effects of branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) in complete hypocaloric nutrition of surgical patients with neoplasms of the digestive tract].
One of the generic indications of parenteral peripheral malnutrition is the immediate postoperative period following surgery of the digestive tract. In the series presented, fifty patients with digestive neoplasia of different locations were studied, with slight or moderate malnutrition upon admittance. After the operation, feeding was done using hypocaloric parenteral solutions for the first seven days of the postop. period. In the qualitative intake of nitrogen in this type of nutrition, branched chain amino acids are important due to their beneficial effects on metabolism, and for this reason two complete hypocaloric solutions containing 45% and 15.5% of these amino acids were administered to each respective group under study. To justify the effect of improving the proteic synthesis attributed to these amino acids, the levels of rapid turnover proteins, transferrin, prealbumin and retinol-binding protein were determined.
Ruiz Coracho
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Servicio de Cirugía General y Digestiva, Hospital General Universitario. Guadalajara. (Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares.).
Bellón Caneiro
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García Parreño
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Pérez Fraguero
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Garcia González
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D000368:Aged; D000597:Amino Acids, Branched-Chain / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004067:Digestive System Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012996:Solutions; D013997:Time Factors
D000597:Amino Acids, Branched-Chain; D012996:Solutions