The feasibility of screening for malnutrition in the outpatient setting and the prevalence of malnutrition in patients with newly-diagnosed ovarian carcinoma.

Introduction: Malnutrition is an independent risk factor for poor surgical outcomes, early chemotherapy discontinuation, and increased mortality. We evaluated the feasibility of outpatient malnutrition screening in patients with suspected gynecologic malignancy. We estimated the prevalence of malnutrition using Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (AND-ASPEN) criteria in patients undergoing surgery for newly-diagnosed ovarian carcinoma (OC).

Liver transplantation at the extremes of the body mass index.

Controversies exist regarding the morbidity and mortality of patients undergoing liver transplantation at the extremes of the body mass index (BMI). A review of the United Network for Organ Sharing database from 1987 through 2007 revealed 73,538 adult liver transplants. Patients were stratified into 6 BMI categories established by the World Health Organization: underweight, <18.