PD954
ASSESSMENT OF SELECTED NUTRITIONAL STATUS PARAMETERS IN CHILDREN FOLLOWING THE PLACEMENT OF ARTIFICIAL GASTROINTESTINAL ACCESS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF ENTERAL NUTRITION FORMULA
K. Kondej-Muszyńska1,*, J. Martowska1, A. Truchel1, I. Makuła1, D. Lebensztejn2
1University Children Clinical Hospital in Białystok, 2Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland
Rationale: Enteral feeding via artificial gastrointestinal access is most commonly used in children with chronic neurological disorders. An analysis of selected anthropometric and biochemical parameters was performed before and one year after the placement of artificial gastrointestinal access and the introduction of an enteral nutrition formula. The aim of the study is to assess whether the first year of nutritional intervention improved nutritional status.
Methods: A retrospective analysis included 11 patients aged 1.5-14 years (mean age: 4.7 years) who had demonstrated no weight gain or growth over the previous year. These patients underwent placement of artificial gastrointestinal access and initiation of enteral feeding with a nutritional formula. Anthropometric parameters and biochemical markers (hemoglobin [Hb], mean corpuscular volume [MCV], ferritin, vitamin B12, total cholesterol, triglycerides, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D3) were compared at admission and after one year. Statistical analysis used the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
Results: Comparative analysis after one year showed a statistically significant increase in body weight (p = 0.013) and height (p = 0.023), indicating an improvement in nutritional status during the study period. No statistically significant differences were observed between baseline and follow-up measurements for the selected biochemical parameters (p > 0.05).
Conclusion: During the first year following the introduction of nutritional intervention, through the placement of artificial gastrointestinal access and the use of enteral nutrition formulas, a significant improvement in patients’ nutritional status was observed. Due to the small and age-diverse study group, biochemical differences were not statistically significant despite visible changes.
Disclosure of Interest: None declared
