Objectives: To evaluate the results of performing dietary counseling for patients after postGastrectomy discharge at the digestive surgery department of Viet Duc Hospital.
Subjects and methods: Descriptive study on 31 patients after post-gastrectomy who were dietary counseling by medical staff before being discharged from March 2021 to June 2022.
Results: The average food intaking of patients four times/four weeks was 1300-1430 Kcal/day, protein 45 - 50 grams/day, fluid intaked 1350-1500 ml/day, patient’s eating at the 4th week were from 800 -1000 Kcal/a day 12,9%, from 1100 -1300 Kcal/a day 12,9%; from 1400 -1500 Kcal/a day 48,4%; from 1600-1900 Kcal/a day 25,8%. Patients after the fourth week of surgery: Patients’s Malnutrition was 32,0%; Average BMI was 20,21± 2,37; Mild anemia was 64,4%. Normal anemia was 35,5%; Albumin serum was 29% normal, 61,3%. Mild malnutrition, 9,7% moderate; Blood protein serum was 100% normal. Complications of eating were 02 patients with mild distension, 02 patients with vomiting and nausea, 01 patients with constipation 3 days.
Conclusions: The dietary counseling of nurses for patients after post-gastrectomy discharge showed that it was safe, feasible, and effective in helping patients maintain and improve their nutritional status.