title: [Nutritional status in patients first hospital admissions service hematology National Cancer Institute].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the nutritional status of patients admitted to hospital for the first time the hematology service and who have not received treatment for cancer, to know if the nutritional status assessed by the EGS-GP and serum albumin related mortality of patients
  
  
  METHODS
  A longitudinal, prospective, analytical. EGS-Through GP assessed the nutritional status of patients, we used SPSS 19.0 for data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Evaluaron 119 patients, 52.1% female and 47.9% male. The most common diagnosis was non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 43.7%. According to the EGS-GP 50.4% of patients had some degree of malnutrition or was at risk of suffering of which: 31.1% had moderate and 19.3% had severe malnutrition. The 49.6% of patients had an adequate nutritional status. 30.3% of the patients who died, 37% had severe malnutrition and 50% severe decrease in albumin concentration.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of malnutrition in hematological patients treated at the National Cancer Institute of Mexico that have not received medical treatment was high. There is an association between nutritional status and mortality in this patient group.
authors.affiliation: Adscrita Departamento de Nutrición INCan, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, México, D.F., México. ln_secret@hotmail.com
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baltazar Luna
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Omaña Guzmán
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ortiz Hernández
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ñamendis-Silva
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Nicola Delfin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000418:Albumins / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015995:Prevalence; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins