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ArticleAsia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition2025

Malnourished, gastrointestinal cancer patients undergoing surgery: burden of nutritional risk, use of oral nutritional supplements, and impact on health outcomes.

Hanping Shi, Xuefei Wang, Weiming Kang, Zhongchen Liu, Yun Tang, Chloe Zhu, Kirk W Kerr, Suela Sulo, Qiankun Zhu, Zhaoqing Tang and 3 more

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Hanping ShiDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery/Clinical Nutrition, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Xuefei WangDepartment of General Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Weiming KangDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Zhongchen LiuColorectal Cancer Center/Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Yun TangDepartment of General Surgery, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Chloe ZhuAbbott Laboratories, Shanghai, China.
Kirk W KerrAbbott Laboratories, Columbus, OH, USA. Email: Kirk.kerr@abbott.com.
Suela SuloAbbott Laboratories, Columbus, OH, USA.
Qiankun ZhuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery/Clinical Nutrition, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Zhaoqing TangDepartment of General Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Zhen LiuDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Chengle ZhuangColorectal Cancer Center/Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Tianyu XieDepartment of General Surgery, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.

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Abbott Laboratories (Chicago, IL, US)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesPatients with gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies are at high risk for malnutrition because of reduced food intake, poor digestion, and altered absorption. METHODS AND STUDY

designIn a ret-rospective review of medical records for patients admitted to urban hospitals in an Asian nation for GI tumor surgery (gastric, colon, or anorectal cancers), we found that malnutrition was common yet often overlooked. Our review identified records for 349 adult GI-tumor surgery patients. The Nutrition Risk Screening-2002 (NRS-2002) was the most frequently used screening instrument. In further review, we compared outcomes for malnourished GI tumor surgery patients given daily oral nutritional supplements (ONS) to outcomes for patients who were not given ONS.

resultsReview of results revealed that only 20% of patients in our sample underwent nutritional screening or assessment on admission. Of those who did, nearly 60% were malnourished. Although due to small sample sizes, no statistically significant differences were observed, mal-nourished patients who received ONS had fewer complications and shorter lengths of stay by 1-day. Such findings reveal many missed opportunities to improve patient outcomes and to avert excess healthcare costs for treatment of complications, slowed recovery, longer hospital stays, and readmissions.

conclusionsBased on our findings, nutritional training for professionals is necessary to address the serious problems of under-recognition and inadequate treatment of malnutrition in hospitalized patients.

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Dietary SupplementsGastrointestinal NeoplasmsMalnutritionAdultAgedFemaleHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedNutritional StatusNutrition Assessmentanorectal cancercolon cancergastric cancergastrointestinal surgerymalnutrition

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PMCPMC12126301

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