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[Nutritional status assessment of patients with oral maxillofacial cancers]
1Department of Stomatology, Affiliated Xiangya Second Hospital, Central-South University.
Objective:
The objective of the study is to evaluate the nutritional status of patients with oral maxillofacial cancer.
Methods:
The nutritional status was evaluated using seven easily determined variables and multi-factor nutritional index in 50 hospitalized patients with oral maxillofacial cancer from 1990 to 1992.
Results:
Fifty-six percent of patients had protein-energy malnutrition. The high incidence of protein-energy malnutrition was found in those patients without adequate dietary intake.
Conclusion:
Patients with oral maxillofacial cancer usually have protein-energy malnutrition. The reason is that the patients always have an inadequate dietary intake.
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