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- Original Article -
Postoperative Impact of the Preoperative Nutritional Status on the Performance Status in Patients with Resected Lung Cancer: Examination Using Controlling Nutritional Status
Kei Kawakami1, Tetsuya So2, Naoki Yamashita2, Kenichiro Oba3, Atsushi Inomoto4, Seiichiro Takahashi41Department of Rehabilitation, 2Respiratory Surgery, Shin Komonji Hospital, Japan, 3Department of Rehabilitation, Tagawa Hospital, Japan, 4Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kyushu Nutrition Welfare University, Japan
Objectives. Few studies have examined the association between the preoperative nutritional status and the course of recovery and postoperative physical function in patients with resected lung cancer. Therefore, this study aimed to clarify the postoperative impact of the preoperative nutritional status in these patients. Materials and Methods. This study included 28 patients who underwent lung resection for lung cancer at our hospital between August 2019 and November 2020. Basic information, including the nutritional and physical function, time to recovery, and postoperative performance status, were obtained prior to admission. Patients were divided into two groups based on a normal or abnormal nutritional status, and the groups were compared. Results. Compared to the normal nutritional status group, the abnormal group had a delayed postoperative performance status recovery. The abnormal group functional independence measure total and exercise items were significantly lower on postoperative day 1, and the 6-minute walk distance was also significantly lower at the final evaluation than those values in the normal group. Conclusion. The present study revealed the influence of the preoperative nutritional status on the postoperative performance and physical function. The results suggest that the preoperative nutritional status is an important predictor of recovery in performance status.
key words: Preoperative, Nutritional status, Performance status, Lung cancer
Received: January 28, 2022
Accepted: September 1, 2022
JJLC 63 (1): 8-14, 2023
