Objetivo: identificar los factores asociados a desnutrición en pacientes hospitalizados en el Servicio de Cirugía de Emergencia del Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen. Materiales y métodos: estudio analítico donde se realizó un tamizaje inicial mediante el Nutritional Risk Screening 2002, posteriormente una evaluación nutricional al ingreso y egreso mediante la Valoración global subjetiva en 206 pacientes adultos y adultos mayores. Se analizaron variables clínicas mediante regresión logística y un valor de p<0,05 fue considerado como significativo. Resultados: el 16% de pacientes agravó su estado nutricional durante la hospitalización. Los factores asociados fueron alguna comorbilidad (odds ratio [OR] 2,32; intervalo de confianza [IC]95%:1,07-5,01); neoplasias (OR: 2,83; IC95%:1,21-6,63), enfermedades del sistema nervioso (OR: 5,66; IC95%: 1,24-25,82); ausencia del...

Objective: to identify malnutrition-associated factors in patients hospitalized in the emergency surgical ward in Guillermo Almenara-Irigoyen National Hospital. Materials and methods: this is an analytical study in which an initial nutritional evaluation was performed using the 2002 Nutritional Risk Screening. Afterwards, a nutritional assessment was performed on admission and at discharge using a subjective overall assessment in 206 adult and elderly subjects. Clinical variables were analyzed using logistic regression and p<0.05 was considered as significant. Results: sixteen per cent of all patients worsened their nutritional status during hospitalization. Associated factors were some comorbidity (odds ratio [OR] 2.32; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.07-5.01); neoplasms (OR: 2.83; 95% CI: 1.21-6.63), nervous system diseases (OR: 5.66; 95% CI: 1.24-25.82); absence of weight and heigh...

Objective: to identify malnutrition-associated factors in patients hospitalized in the emergency surgical ward in Guillermo Almenara-Irigoyen National Hospital. Materials and methods: this is an analytical study in which an initial nutritional evaluation was performed using the 2002 Nutritional Risk Screening. Afterwards, a nutritional assessment was performed on admission and at discharge using a subjective overall assessment in 206 adult and elderly subjects. Clinical variables were analyzed using logistic regression and p<0.05 was considered as significant. Results: sixteen per cent of all patients worsened their nutritional status during hospitalization. Associated factors were some comorbidity (odds ratio [OR] 2.32; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.07-5.01); neoplasms (OR: 2.83; 95% CI: 1.21-6.63), nervous system diseases (OR: 5.66; 95% CI: 1.24-25.82); absence of weight and heigh...

Objective: To determine the impact of homocysteine levels on damage accrual in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. Methods: This longitudinal study was conducted in consecutive patients seen every 6 months at our Rheumatology Department since 2012. Patients with available homocysteine levels and who had at least one subsequent visit were included. Univariable and multivariable Cox regression models were done to determine if homocysteine levels were predictive of damage accrual as per the SLICC Damage Index (SDI). The multivariable model was adjusted for pertinent variables (age at diagnosis, gender, socioeconomic status, disease duration, disease activity (SLEDAI), Framingham score, antimalarial and immunosuppressive drug use, average daily dose, and exposure time to prednisone (PDN)). Results: One hundred forty-five patients were included; their mean (SD) age at diagnosis was 4...