ALTERNATIONS IN BODY MASS INDEX AMONG HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH BONE FRACTURES
D. Lakshman Chaturvedhi*, B Prasanna Kumar, Dr. D. R. Rama Brahma Reddy, K. Sravanthi
ABSTRACT
BMI plays a main role in the patient’s health condition. Decrease or
low level in BMI may leads to serious health issues. Recovery from
illness or a bone fracture generally requires a period of bed rest, often
lead to consequence of hospitalization for longer duration. A long
duration of period (>10 days) of bed rest may induce substantial
changes in body composition and may lead to overall metabolic
decline.[1,2] This prolonged physical inactivity has taught us about
muscle disuse atrophy, it may be of limited clinical relevance to most
patients who are on average hospitalized for <7days.[3] Recent data
shows that few days of disuse substantially reduces skeletal muscle
mass and strength. This may ultimately lead to change in the BMI. BACKGROUND The change in body mass index (BMI) on Hospitalized patients with Bone
fracture.
Keywords: BMI, Muscle disuse atrophy.
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