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

Jordi AliguéMireia VicenteAnna ArnauJaume TrapéEva MartínezMariona BonetAndrés AbrilOmar El BoutroukiRoser OrdeigDomingo RuizJosep OrdeigAntonio San José

Published in: PloS one (2021)

Almost a quarter of all patients attended at the RDU for IWL were diagnosed with cancer. Mortality at 12 months was higher in this group than in the other three. Malignancy should therefore be ruled out during the first visit for patients attended for IWL.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
weight loss
peritoneal dialysis
bariatric surgery
risk factors
coronary artery disease
young adults
sensitive detection