Pre-Test and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Measurement for Participant Classification in Cachexia Study

To begin, ask the patient to remove both shoes, the right sock, and any metal objects that are in contact with their skin position. The patient's supine for five minutes with extended arms and legs. Clean the back of the hand and the right foot with 70%alcohol.

To classify cachexia by BIVA, download the BIVA tolerance Rxc Graph software, and open it. Go to the second worksheet titled Reference Populations and choose a row that corresponds to the reference population. Then copy and paste it into the second row highlighted in yellow.

Next, go to the fifth worksheet titled Subjects:and in column A, enter the patient's ID;And in column B, enter the number one. In column E, using M for men and F for women, enter the patient's sex. In columns F and G, input the previously noted resistance and reactance values at 50 kilohertz.

Then enter height in centimeters and weight in kilograms in the next two columns. In column J, enter the number corresponding to the reference population chosen in the second worksheet. Following this, in column K, input a number between one and 10 for the point graph sheet.

Enter the patient's age in the next column. From the options bar at the top of the software, click on the compliments, then select the calculate option and click it. Next, navigate to sheet three Point graph to observe a BIVA graph according to the chosen reference population.

Upon seeing a dialogue box, select the group code entered in column K, then click OK.A BIVA graph is displayed with the patient's vector drawn as a geometric figure. Next, observe the tolerance ellipses of 50, 75, and 95%in the quadrants I, II, III, and IV in the BIVA graph.