Stroke and malnutrition
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4165 2010.010.010
- VernacularTitle:卒中与营养不良
- Author:
Min CHEN
;
Yun XU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Stroke;
Malnutrition;
Nutrition assessment;
Enteral nutrition
- From:
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases
2010;18(10):764-767
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The patients with stroke is often accompanied by malnutrition, its causes include eating less, increased catabolism, and intestinal dysfunction, etc. Malnutrition can not only aggravate the extent of brain damage in patients with stroke, but also increase the incidence of complications, and thus affecting the course and prognosis of stroke. Therefore, correct evaluation of the nutritional status in stroke patients, choosing the appropriate nutrient timing and nutritional support methods have important significance. Among a variety of nutritional assessment methods, the scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment can quickly identify malnutrition in stroke patients. Early enteral nutrition support, including oral nutritional supplements, nasogastric tube feeding and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, can significantly improve the prognosis in stroke patients. Among them, nasogastric tube feeding is the first choice for nutritional support in stroke patients.
