Preoperative evaluation of malnutrition using malnutrition universal screening tool(MUST),Malnutrition assessment short form(MNA-SF) and Calf Circumference(CC) in predicting postoperative problems in head and neck and gastrointestinal cancer patients
Phase 2
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: E43- Unspecified severe protein-caloriemalnutrition
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/04/024733
- Lead Sponsor
- ivedhyaa
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All head and Neck
Gastrointestinal Cancer patients
Exclusion Criteria
Patients below 18 years
Patients undergoing Emergency surgeries
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare MUST,MNA-SF and Calf Circumference and to identify which amongst the three is better preoperative screening tool for assessment of malnutrition in our cohort of patients against the gold standard European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) guidelines for malnutritionTimepoint: Until day of surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br/ ><br>Secondary outcome:Which of the nutritional screening tools reflected on the postoperative morbidityTimepoint: To be followed until discharge to identify the length of stay and thirty day readmission