AJCN North Carolina Research Campus
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Purchase Article
Right arrow View Shopping Cart
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Young, G. A.
Right arrow Articles by Hill, G. L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Young, G. A.
Right arrow Articles by Hill, G. L.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Young, G. A.
Right arrow Articles by Hill, G. L.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 31, 429-435, Copyright © 1978 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

ORIGINAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Assessment of protein-calorie malnutrition in surgical patients from plasma proteins and anthropometric measurements

GA Young and GL Hill

Six plasma proteins, two anthropometric measurements, hemoglobin and total lymphocytes were determined in 54 surgical patients and 19 normal individuals. Preoperative patients had a low mean values for prealbumin, retinol binding protein, and arm muscle circumference. In postoperative patients, plasma transferrin, albumin, hemoglobin, total lymphocytes and body weight were also low and complement C3 was higher than normal. A correlation matrix for 10 variables showed interrelationships between the biochemical and anthropometric data. Prealbumin and transferrin were highly correlated with most of the variables. The effects of protein-calorie malnutrition were analyzed from the data ranked and grouped according to the plasma prealbumin or transferrin concentration. Those groups with low mean values for these proteins also had low values for most of the other variables. Protein calorie malnutrition in surgical patients may be conveniently assessed from plasma prealbumin, transferrin, arm muscle circumference, percentage weight loss, and hemoglobin.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Am J EpidemiolHome page
J. H. E. Promislow, D. Goodman-Gruen, D. J. Slymen, and E. Barrett-Connor
Protein Consumption and Bone Mineral Density in the Elderly : The Rancho Bernardo Study
Am. J. Epidemiol., April 1, 2002; 155(7): 636 - 644.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Nutr.Home page
J. F. Morlese, T. Forrester, M. Del Rosario, M. Frazer, and F. Jahoor
Transferrin Kinetics Are Altered in Children with Severe Protein-Energy Malnutrition
J. Nutr., August 1, 1997; 127(8): 1469 - 1474.
[Abstract] [Full Text]

Home page
 Arch SurgHome page
D. T. Dempsey, L. S. Knox, J. L. Mullen, C. Miller, I. D. Feurer, and G. P. Buzby
Energy Expenditure in Malnourished Patients With Colorectal Cancer
Arch Surg, July 1, 1986; 121(7): 789 - 795.
[Abstract] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1978 by The American Society for Nutrition