title: [Nutritional status assessment of patients with oral maxillofacial cancers].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of the study is to evaluate the nutritional status of patients with oral maxillofacial cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  The nutritional status was evaluated using seven easily determined variables and multi-factor nutritional index in 50 hospitalized patients with oral maxillofacial cancer from 1990 to 1992.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-six percent of patients had protein-energy malnutrition. The high incidence of protein-energy malnutrition was found in those patients without adequate dietary intake.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with oral maxillofacial cancer usually have protein-energy malnutrition. The reason is that the patients always have an inadequate dietary intake.
authors.affiliation: Department of Stomatology, Affiliated Xiangya Second Hospital, Central-South University.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology*