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Concordance of the new ESPEN criteria with low phase angle in defining early stages of malnutrition in cardiac surgery

Cardiology
Author
Donata Ringaitiene et al.
Used Parameters : FFMI, Phase Angle

Publication Year : 2017

Country : Lithuania

Journal : Clinical Nutrition

Background & aims The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of malnutrition (MN) in cardiac surgery patients by implementing the new ESPEN diagnostic criteria and to determine whether these criteria are concordant with the bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) provided phase angle (PA) in predicting early stages of malnutrition. Methods A prospective study was conducted in a tertiary hospital. The nutritional state of the cardiac surgery patients was evaluated one day prior to cardiac surgery using the malnutrition …
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