2003
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-42302003000400035
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Avaliação da capacidade física e do estado nutricional em candidatos ao transplante hepático

Abstract: The results show that physical impairment and nutritional deficit were highly prevalent in the patients studied, independent of the degree of hepatic dysfunction evaluated by the traditional Child-Pugh classification.

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“…One needs to remember that this instrument reflects the degree of independence of the subject, and even if there is behavioral adaptation, it is not necessarily accompanied by any specific recovery of the deficit. [26][27][28] As for the dynamometry, all the patients showed improvement in muscular strength, despite this result not being statistically significant. This may be explained by the reduced number of patients.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 97%
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“…One needs to remember that this instrument reflects the degree of independence of the subject, and even if there is behavioral adaptation, it is not necessarily accompanied by any specific recovery of the deficit. [26][27][28] As for the dynamometry, all the patients showed improvement in muscular strength, despite this result not being statistically significant. This may be explained by the reduced number of patients.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…The independence in daily life activities was evaluated by the Barthel Index (BI). [26][27][28] The BI evaluates the individual's autonomy for self care, and its maximum value is 100, with the cut point between 60 and 65; when less than 60 it represents greater dependence.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Malnutrition is often associated with chronic liver disease, with prevalence of 20% to 80% depending on the nutritional assessment method used and the disease severity (5,18,23) , and has been correlated to morbidity and mortality associated with liver transplantation (12) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Estudo conduzido na Universidade Estadual Paulista (20) mostrou que esses parâmetros, assim como a CMB e a prega cutânea subescapular, seriam os ideais para a avaliação do estado nutricional em pacientes cirróticos. No entanto, a hemoglobina e o hematócrito poderiam estar alterados em caso de hipertensão portal grave acompanhada de esplenomegalia maciça e hiperesplenismo, bem como na presença de hemorragias digestivas.…”
Section: Avaliação Objetivaunclassified