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Association of the nutritional risk index recorded prior to allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation with the clinical prognosis in children
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  • Hitomi Yonesu,
  • Satoru Hamada,
  • Hideki Sakiyama,
  • Shinobu Kiyuna,
  • Tokiko Oshiro,
  • Nobuyuki Hyakuna,
  • Koichi Nakanishi
Hitomi Yonesu
Universtiy of Ryukyus
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Satoru Hamada
Ryukyu Daigaku Igakubu Fuzoku Byoin

Corresponding Author:shamada@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

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Hideki Sakiyama
Ryukyu Daigaku Igakubu Fuzoku Byoin
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Shinobu Kiyuna
Ryukyu Daigaku Igakubu Fuzoku Byoin
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Tokiko Oshiro
Ryukyu Daigaku Igakubu Fuzoku Byoin
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Nobuyuki Hyakuna
Okinawa Red Cross Blood Center
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Koichi Nakanishi
Ryukyu Daigaku Igakubu Daigakuin Igaku Kenkyuka
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Abstract

Malnutrition during the peri-transplantation period is known to result in negative outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). The nutritional risk index (NRI) which is a simple index calculated using serum albumin levels and body weight (BW) ratio (current BW/ideal BW) has been reported be to a prognostic factor in adult HCT. However, its usefulness in pediatric HCT setting remain unclear. Therefore, we retrospectively analyzed the impact of the NRI before allo-HCT on outcomes in pediatric patients. We found that poor nutritional status before pediatric HCT led to a worse prognosis, including NRM.