Changes in Dietary Intake, Body Weight, Nutritional Status, and Metabolic Rate in a Pancreatic Cancer Patient.
- Author:
So Young KIM
1
;
Gyung Ah WIE
;
Woo Jin LEE
;
Sang Jae PARK
;
Sang Myung WOO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Pancreatic cancer; Diet records; Nutritional status; Basal metabolism
- MeSH: Basal Metabolism; Body Weight*; Calorimetry, Indirect; Diagnosis; Diet Records; Energy Metabolism; Humans; Malnutrition; Nutritional Status*; Pancreatic Neoplasms*; Prognosis; Weight Loss
- From:Clinical Nutrition Research 2013;2(2):154-158
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Pancreatic cancer patients often have a poor prognosis and suffer from nutritional problems. Malnutrition is characterized by weight loss and decreased dietary intake, and is common among pancreatic cancer patients. The objective of this report was to describe the changes in dietary intake, body weight, nutritional status, and metabolic rate on a continuum from the time of diagnosis until the end of life in a patient with pancreatic cancer. In summary, the patient's nutritional status gradually declined, accompanied by extreme weight loss and decreased dietary intake. Conversely, resting energy expenditure, measured by indirect calorimetry, increased from 24 kcal/kg/day to 35 kcal/kg/day. Nutritional management during cancer treatment is important but may be challenging in pancreatic cancer patients.
