Nutritional Assessment according to Adductor Pollicis Response to Electrical Stimulation

Czech version

Authors: J. Firment; M. Grochová; J. Capková; A. Studená
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika anestéziológie a intenzívnej medicíny LF UPJŠ a FNsP Košice, prednosta MUDr. J. Firment
Published in: Anest. intenziv. Med., , 2001, č. 3, s. 137
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Overview

Authors have used subjective global assessment method for evaluation of nutritional status. T hey measured muscle strength with relaxometry device.They found next correlation coefficients: twitch strength TW% 30 mA (-0,68), loss of body weig ht (0,57), length of ICU stay (0,53), plasmabutyrylcholinestherase (-0,52), days used antibiotics (0,51), occurrence of pneumonia (0,50), days of postoperative hospitalisation (0,46), days withskin stitches (0,45), plasma albumin (-0,38), plasma proteins (-0,34), age (0,26).

Key words:
artificial nutrition - muscle strenght - relaxometry

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