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Protein Status of General Surgical Patients
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In a survey of the protein nutritional status of all patients on the surgical wards of an urban municipal hospital, accepted standards indicated moderate to severe protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM) in one half of these patients as judged by triceps skin fold and arm muscle circumference measurements. Weight for height was less severely affected. Although serum albumin levels were recorded in only 43% during the perisurvey periods, the correlation between arm muscle circumference and serum albumin level was highly significant, suggesting that this measurement would substantiate a rate of approximately 50% malnutrition. (JAMA230:858-860, 1974)
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- Authors
- Bistrian, B. R.
- Corresponding author
- Bistrian, Bruce R.
- ORCID
- Bistrian, Bruce R.
- Venue
- JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 1974-11-11
- Volume
- 230
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 858
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- OpenAlex
- W2012496813
- Cited by
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- FWCI
- 13.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- JAMA (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Keywords
- protein-energy malnutrition, nutritional status, surgical patients, arm muscle circumference, triceps skinfold thickness, serum albumin, weight-for-height, hospital wards
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Age Factors, Anthropometry, Arm, Body Height, Body Weight, Hospitals, Humans, Medicine, Muscles, Protein-Energy Malnutrition, Serum Albumin, Skinfold Thickness, Specialization, Surgical Procedures, Operative
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