NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PATIENTS BEFORE GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY PREPARED AT VIETNAM-GERMANY FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL IN 2021-2022

Abstract

The study describes cross-sectional crossings on 90 patients before prepared gastrointestital surgery at Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital. The study subjects were assessed for nutritional status on multiplication index such as BMI, mid-upper arm circumference, test index and risk assessment of malnutrition according to the subjective global assessment (SGA). The results showed that the rate of malnutrition according to BMI of patients before surgery was 17,8%, the rate of overweight and obesity was 4,4%, in which patients before gastric surgery have the highest risk of malnutrition. The rate of malnutrition by mid-upper arm circumference was 23,3%. Patients had a 55,6% risk of malnutrition under the SGA, moderate and severe malnutrition 34,5% and 21,1%, respectively. The rate of unwanted weight loss >10% was 26,7%. Blood albumin levels <35g/l and anemia at the time of surgery were 28,3% and 51,8%, respectively. Malnutrition accounts for a fairly high proportian in patients before gastrointestinal surgery, high rates of weight loss and anemia.