Abstract

MATILDE SOCARRAS, María; BOLET ASTOVIZA, Miriam  and  RODRIGUEZ CALA, Fidel. The succession nutritional of patients with cystic fibrosis at General Calixto García University Hospital. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2010, vol.9, n.4, pp.560-568. ISSN 1729-519X.

In the study performed with patients with cystic fibrosis at Calixto Garcia Hospital nutritional evaluation was mandatory. During the last six months, 21 patients were observed to describe their nutritional status according to age groups and laboratory indicators so as to assess their weight changes during that observational period. Anthropometric evaluations based on weight, height, body mass index, lab tests and hypersensibility cutaneous retarded test were done. The highest figures (71.4 %) were found on the group of patients with a normal nutritional stage, followed by the group of malnutrition status with a 19.1 % of cases. The age mean was 30 years in a range group between 18 _ 58 years of age. The predominant age group was found between 21 and 30 years of age with a normal nutritional rank of 91.7 %. From the laboratory indicators which were more affected were the total count of lymphocytes, cholesterol levels and the hyper sensibility cutaneous retarded test (immunodeficiency) test, and they were found in malnutrition cases. Weight gain was evident in those cases as well as and in the group of normal nutritional status. A perceptual and descriptive analysis was done with all results and the X2 with a significant level of á = 0.05 was estimated. It was concluded that attention of patients with cystic fibrosis must be done across a multidisciplinary approach of medicine professionals and that it was also important to have a follow-up nutritional status of those patients to increase the survival rate and quality of life.

Keywords : Cystic fibrosis; nutritional evaluation; nutritional treatment.

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