Prevalencia de desnutrición en pacientes del área de gastroenterología intervenidos quirúrgicamente por cáncer gástrico, utilizando el método de escaneo de riesgo nutricional(NSR), en el hospital IESS, ciudad de Guayaquil, año 2017

Abstract

The present investigation has as a theme the prevalence of malnutrition in patients of the area of gastroenterology surgically intervened due to gastric cancer, using the method of nutritional risk screening, in the Hospital IESS, city of Guayaquil. The importance of this theme previously mentioned is the evidence of data on the current cases of these type of patients, so that action is taken, both treatment and prevention by implementing access to information on improving habits on how people eat and to avoid diseases such as gastric cancer, being this, one of the deadliest around the world today. The main objective of the study is to determine th e prevalence of malnutrition in these patients, using a new and simple method that can be implemented in other hospitals in the city. The following results were obtained from the study, taking into account a sample of 35 cancer patients in the gastroenterology area, 34% presented moderate malnutrition and 66% severe malnutrition, thus concluding the importance of nutritional intervention in the treatment of the patient, as well as methods to prevent this disease.