Bioelectrical impedance, cancer nutritional assessment, and ascites

N Sarhill; D Walsh; K Nelson; J Homsi; S Komurcu

doi:10.1007/s005209900104

Bioelectrical impedance, cancer nutritional assessment, and ascites

Support Care Cancer. 2000 Jul;8(4):341-3. doi: 10.1007/s005209900104.

Authors

N Sarhill¹, D Walsh, K Nelson, J Homsi, S Komurcu

Affiliation

¹ The Harry R. Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.

PMID: 10923777
DOI: 10.1007/s005209900104

Abstract

This report describes our experience in the use of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) as a method of nutritional assessment in a cancer patient with ascites. The BIA was an unreliable measure of body composition in this setting.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Ascites
Body Composition*
Electric Impedance*
Humans
Male
Neoplasms / complications
Nutrition Assessment
Nutrition Disorders / diagnosis*
Nutritional Status