NUTRITIONAL STATUS INFLUENCE ON CLINICAL OUTCOME IN A GROUP OF PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Abstract:
Malnutrition has been recognized as an independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure. The objective of this study was to identify and evaluate the impact of a modified nutritional status determined by the PNI index on clinical evolution and general hospitalization period in a group of patients with acute myocardial infarction. In this retrospective observational study we included 99 patients who were diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction, admitted to SCJU Cardiology Clinic in Târgu-Mureş. This study has shown that there is an association between high levels of inflammatory status and depressed nutritional status. The results also highlighted the fact that malnutrition has a supportive role for complications onset following an acute myocardial infarction, resulting in a lower recovery and a much higher hospitalization period.
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