Open AccessMaintaining Weight and Nutritional Status with Ninjinyoueito in Elderly Patients with Chronic Wasting Diseases
Author(s) -
Yumi Nakagawa,
Katsunori Kagohashi,
Ayako Shioya,
Kensuke Kinoshita,
Hiroshi Tsuji,
Hiroaki Satoh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sultan qaboos university medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.258
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2075-0528
pISSN - 2075-051X
DOI - 10.18295/squmj.4.2021.071
Subject(s) - wasting , medicine , chronic wasting disease , wasting syndrome , body weight , chronic disease , pediatrics , disease , prion protein , scrapie
Objectives: To obtain information on the nutritional maintenance effects of Ninjinyoueito (NYT) in elderly patients with chronic wasting disease, a retrospective study was conducted. Methods: we investigated changes in bodyweight and serum levels of total protein and albumin in patients who received NYT for more than 6 months for chronic wasting diseases in our hospital from April 2009 and October 2019. Results: During the study period, 11 patients (median age: 75 years) had NYT for 6 months or more. The median administration period of NYT was 14 months. The bodyweight, serum total protein, and albumin at the time of last observation were not statistically different from those at the time of the start of NYT administration (p=0.1755, p=0.7659, p=0.5498, respectively). Conclusions: Our study suggested the possibility of maintaining nutritional condition by NYT in elderly patients with chronic wasting disease of various etiologies. More evidence will be required to confirm our results.
Keywords: body weight; nutritional status; ninjinyoueito; elderly patients; chronic wasting diseases