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CASE REPORT article

Front. Nutr.
Sec. Clinical Nutrition
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1474328
This article is part of the Research Topic Assessment of Nutritional Status in Chronic Diseases View all 11 articles

Nutritional management for post-stroke sarcopenia risk and multi-comorbidities patient via Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrotomy: A case report and review of the literature

Provisionally accepted
Sofia Oliveira Sofia Oliveira 1Beatriz Martins Beatriz Martins 2Paula Pereira Paula Pereira 1Maria Leonor Silva Maria Leonor Silva 1*
  • 1 Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM), Almada, Portugal
  • 2 Health and Technology Research Center, Lisbon, Portugal

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    Stroke is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, often leading to complications such as malnutrition, dysphagia, and sarcopenia. We present the case of a 78-year-old male with a history of ischemic stroke and multiple comorbidities, who was underweight and weakened. Over a 10-month follow-up period, a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube was placed, and nutritional management was carried out based on biochemical and nutritional status assessments. Anthropometric and blood biochemical parameters confirmed the need to adjust protein and energy intake to the patient's requirements. Personalized nutritional intervention, including a caloric surplus and dietary adjustments, resulted in weight gain, improved muscle mass and biochemical blood parameters. This case report highlights the comprehensive nutritional management of a post-stroke patient to improve outcomes and quality of life.

    Keywords: post-stroke, Malnutrition, dysphagia, Sarcopenia, Nutritional Status, Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

    Received: 01 Aug 2024; Accepted: 04 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Oliveira, Martins, Pereira and Silva. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Maria Leonor Silva, Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM), Almada, Portugal

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