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Published on: November 14, 2020
Impact of hypoglycemia after gastrectomy on Global Leader Initiative on Malnutrition-defined malnutrition: a
Keiji Nishibeppu1, Takeshi Kubota2, Masayuki Yubakami1
1Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-Cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-Ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.
Purpose:
The Global Leader Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria were developed in 2018 as a global indicator of malnutrition, and the term 'malnutrition-sarcopenia syndrome' was established. Recently, it has been reported that fluctuations in blood glucose are related to sarcopenia. In this study, we investigated the effects of glucose fluctuations on malnutrition after gastrectomy using a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device.
Methods:
We analyzed the data of 69 patients with gastric cancer (GC) who underwent curative gastrectomy between November 2017 and December 2020. CGM was performed over a 2-week period at 1 month and 1 year after surgery. The GLIM criteria included weight loss, the body mass index (BMI), and the psoas muscle mass index (PMI).
Results:
One year after surgery, 25 and 35 patients had severe and moderate malnutrition, respectively. The time below range (TBR) (percent of time the glucose concentration was < 70 mg/dL) and nocturnal (00:00-06:00) TBR were significantly higher in the severe malnutrition group than in the other groups (TBR: normal/moderate 17.9% vs. severe 21.6%, P = 0.039, nocturnal TBR; normal/moderate 30.6% vs. severe 41.1%, P = 0.034).
Conclusions:
Post-gastrectomy hypoglycemia, including long nocturnal hypoglycemia, was higher in severely malnourished patients than in other patients even 1 year after surgery. Prevention of nocturnal hypoglycemia may be the key to improving malnutrition following gastrectomy.
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