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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.85.2011.tde-04082011-093136
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Author
Full name
Luis Fernando D'Albuquerque e Castro
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2011
Supervisor
Committee
Pires, Maria Aparecida Faustino (President)
Cotrim, Marycel Elena Barboza
Felippe Junior, Jose de
Title in Portuguese
Avaliação do zinco plasmático nos pacientes idosos no Hospital Regional de Araguaina, Tocantins
Keywords in Portuguese
deficiência de zinco
desnutrição
imunodeficiência
infecção
zinco
Abstract in Portuguese
Zinco é um importante micronutriente, participa de várias enzimas e tem papel fundamental na atividade imunológica. Com o objetivo de avaliar a deficiência de zinco nos idosos foi dosado o zinco plasmático em 88 pacientes com mais de 65 anos admitidos na Emergência do Hospital Regional de Araguaina, TO. Foram analisados: raça, gênero, medidas antropométricas, dosagem da hemoglobina, albumina, contagem de linfócitos, dosagem da proteína C reativa e tempo de permanência. Os resultados sugerem que ocorre deficiência de zinco mais acentuada no sexo feminino e que pacientes com deficiência de zinco também apresentam menores valores de índice de massa corpórea (IMC), hemoglobina, albumina e contagem de linfócitos. Não se observou maior incidência de infecção no grupo com deficiência de zinco, porém o grupo apresentou maior tempo de permanência hospitalar.
Title in English
Evaluation of zinc in plasma samples collected from aged pacients admitted in the Regional Hospital of Araguaina city, Tocantins
Keywords in English
immunodeficiency
infection
malnutrition
zinc
zinc deficiency
Abstract in English
Zinc is an important micronutrient that plays a role in many enzymatic and immune system activities in human body. Considering this, the goal of this work is to evaluate zinc deficiency in elderly patients. A total of 88 volunteers with more than 65 years old, admitted at ER from Regional Hospital, were monitored and zinc concentration was dosed in their plasma. The sampling volunteers were evaluated according to: race, gender, anthropometric measurements, hemoglobin, albumin, total lymphocyte count, C-reactive protein dosage and length of stay. The results suggest that zinc deficiency is more pronounced in females and patients with zinc deficiency also show lower values of body mass index (BMI), hemoglobin, albumin and lymphocyte count. There was no increased incidence of infection in the group with zinc deficiency, but the group had a longer hospital stay.
 
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2011-08-08
 
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