PROPUESTA DE UN PROGRAMA DE EVALUACIÓN, DIAGNÓSTICO E INTERVENCIÓN NUTRICIONAL AL PACIENTE PEDIATRICO ONCOLÓGICO

Abstract

In particular, cancer affects a large number of inhabitants and within this group the infant population, which is threatened by oncological pathologies that are difficult to diagnose, such as those inherited, or those linked to factors of a genetic nature. A study was carried out to develop a food and nutritional intervention guide for pediatric patients treated at the Julio Villacreses Oncology Hospital in Portoviejo, Manabí. The total number of children in the study was 63 in the period investigated. The most frequent age range was between 5 to 9 years with 27 children in the study (42.9%), the average number of days of hospitalization for children, more frequent was more than 11 days in 59 cases (93.7 %). The most frequent pathology presented by children in this study was leukemia with 49 cases (77.8%). There is an increase of 4 cases apparently losing weight during the study and having less than 3 standard deviations. The overall risk of malnutrition presented, where it can be verified that only 4 children were at high risk of malnutrition, this coincides with the standard deviation scheme, which mentions a type of acute malnutrition.