Bioelectrical impedance, cancer nutritional assessment, and ascites.
This report describes our experience in the use of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) as a method of nutritional assessment in a cancer patient with ascites. The BIA was an unreliable measure of body composition in this setting.
The Harry R. Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D001201:Ascites; D001823:Body Composition; D017097:Electric Impedance; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009752:Nutritional Status