Influencia de la estancia hospitalaria en el estado nutricional de los pacientes ingresados en la Unidad de Quemados del Hospital Luis Vernaza 2016.

Abstract

The aim of the investigation was to analyze the relationship between the nutritional status and of an hospital stay of the patients admitted to the Burns Unit of the Luis Vernaza Hospital. An adequate nutrition and proper incorporation of nutrients according to the energy requirements of burned patients is one of the fundamental aspects of recovery and healing in these. The present study has a descriptive field approach and also a sample of 76 patients admitted to the Burn Unit of the Luis Vernaza Hospital. The technique used was the collection data sheet through medical records, with the objective of determining the influence of hospital stay on the nutritional status of patients such as weight-height, body mass index (BMI), biochemical parameters. The results show that there is a significant and directly proportional relationship between anthropometric parameters and hospital stay. The biochemical parameters (pre-albumin, albumin, iron, and glucose) show that 60% of the patients on admission the values of these parameters had were altered, at discharge, only 40% restored the parameters and only glucose was significantly related to hospital stay. The calculation of the weight loss shows that 32.84% are in nutritional risk associated with the loss of up to 3 kg of weight and there is a significant relationship between weight loss and hospital stay. Therefore, it is recommended to prepare a Nutrition Protocol for burned patients to monitor and control the nutrition status of admitted patients.