Etiologies and 12-month mortality in patients with isolated involuntary weight loss at a rapid diagnostic unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous studies on involuntary weight loss (IWL) have been published since the 1980s, although most of them have included small samples of patients with specific symptoms. The aim of the present study was to determine the causes, demographic and clinical characteristics and mortality at 12 months in patients attended at a rapid diagnostic unit (RDU) for isolated IWL.

Methods

A single-center retrospective observational study including all patients presenting to the RDU for isolated IWL between 2005 and 2013. The following data were recorded: demographic and clinical variables, results of complementary tests (blood tests, x-rays, computed tomography scan and digestive endoscopy), main diagnosis and vital status at 12 months.

Results

Seven hundred and ninety-

SUBMITTER: Aligue J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8459999 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature