Desnutrición intrahospitalaria: ELAN - ECUADOR. Hospital Carlos Andrade Marín. Quito. Provincia de Pichincha. 2011.

Abstract

Research withnon-experimentalstudyinIHMELANCross- Ecuador, the data were taken fromCarlos AndradeMarínHospital, witha sample of 150patients withclinical andsurgicalareaswere measureddemographicvariablespartners, clinical andsurgicalcarequality. From the results, patients agedbetween 18and 90years, mean48 years, 70% come from the cityof Quito,50.7%female;surgicalclinicalvariableshadstatistically significantdirect relationshipwith the statenutritional status ofpatients: age (p =0.025),levelofsocial integration(p=0.012),Inpatient(p=0.04), metabolicdemands(p=<0.0001), presence of cancer (p =<0.0001), qualityof care (p =0.005), days of fasting (p =0.005), but instead were notstatistically significant variables: sex, underlying disease and the presenceof infection. The qualityof care provided byhealth personnelwere evaluatedbased on theinstructionappliedin thepresent investigationthe following results: Fair with69.3%and18%regularly. The result ofthe Subjective Global Assessmentwas 28.7% asmoderatemalnutritionorriskof malnutrition and26.0%severely malnourished. Proceduresare recommendedto improvepatient careon fasting daysat admission,preoperativeand postoperative; shouldbe revised tocomply with allrequirementsto avoidcomplicationsof malnutritioncauseda longerhospital stay.