Nutrición enteral en paciente adulto mayor con diagnóstico de síndrome confusional en el Hospital Luis Vernaza de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Malnutrition is one of the main reasons for consultation in geriatric patients, the cause is multifactorial and usually due to chronic comorbidities such as diabetes, hepatopathies, neoplasias, sequels of polytraumatism or cerebrovascular events. Neurological diseases are associated, not its totality, but in great incidence in the senile population. Aging is associated with multifactorial changes in the physiology of swallowing, a factor predisposing to an increased risk of micronutrient deficiency and dehydration. The oropharyngeal swallowing implies a fast and highly coordinated set of neuromuscular actions; when dysphagia is part of pathologies that alter the sensorium in geriatric neurological patients, providing an adequate supply of liquids and food becomes part of the integral treatment of the patient. The following case report will present the impact of nutrition on acute confusional state, this neurological disease has not been extensively investigated in terms of therapeutic nutritional support.