Estado nutricional en pacientes pediátricos de 2 a 12 años con Leucemia Linfoblástica Aguda hospitalizados en el Instituto Oncológico Nacional Dr. Juan Tanca Marengo, SOLCA-2016.

Abstract

Introduction: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia is considered to be the most common cancer in childhood. It represents 25% of tumors and 75% of leukemia in the pediatric age. It has been shown that nutritional status is a relevant factor for the treatment and evolution of the disease, however , people have not been given the necessary importance, therefore the relevance of the study. Objective: Determine nutritional status in pediatric patients aged 2 to 12 years with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia enrolled in the National Cancer Institute Dr. Juan Tanca Marengo, SOLCA - 2016. Methodology: It was carried out wi th a non-experimental, transversal and retrospective with quantitative variables. In order to do this, we use a sample size of 90 boys and girls where just 43 met the inclusion criteria. We used as measurement method the medical records where we extracted anthropometric data as weight and height, also if they received or not chemotherapy treatment and if they were refer to the Nutritional Service. Results: According to height / age, weight / age and BMI / age, the predominant nutritional diagnosis was a normal nutritional state with 60.46%, followed by 16.27% with risk of overweight and 4.65% in overweight, risk of thinness and thinness. Conclusions: With the data extracted, we found that most of the children included in the sample had a normal nutritional diagnosis, so it is suggested to continue evaluating the nutritional status of the children and that there is a greater refer of the same to the Nutrition Service.