Evaluación del estado nutricional e incidencia de anemia en relación al tiempo de tratamiento de pacientes con insuficiencia renal sometidos a diálisis peritoneal del Hospital Provincial General Docente Riobamba. 2011

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation is to determine the nutritional status and anemia prevalence in connection with the time allotted to treat patients who are subjected to peritoneal dialysis at Hospital Provincial General Docente Riobamba. The following variables were studied: general characteristics, treatment time, nutritional state and anemia prevalence. Sixteen patients constituted the universe of this study, from which a 62,5% were women and the remaining 37,5% were men, their ages ranged from 19 up to 71. Concerning the patients’ education levels, 18,8% had none, 31,3% from 1 to 5 years, and 6,3% more than 5 years. Weight, height brachial perimeter, tricipital skinfold, fat mass percentage, and relative weight loss were measured to determine the patients’ nutritional status. According to this, 100 percent who suffer from slight malnutrition present anemia. Patients that have Normal Nutritional status, 70% present illness. Respect to patients had none. The patients’ metabolic control showed the following averages: Glysemia 140,18; Urea 76,7; Creatinine 7,25; Albumin 4,13; Potassium 4,2; and Hemoglobin 12,5.