The problem of hospital malnutrition and its consequences
Statistics show that about 35% to 55% patients admitted to a hospital ward are undernourished, 20% of whom are found in the group of patients with severe malnutrition.
Monika Pierzak +2 more
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Hospital Malnutrition in the Medicine and Neurology Departments: A Complex Challenge. [PDF]
Hospital malnutrition is especially common among elderly patients with neurological deficits or dementia. These conditions can be exacerbated by unpalatable diets and issues such as dysphagia and presbyphagia.
Starace E +13 more
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Digitoxin metabolism by rat liver microsomes. [PDF]
Background: Malnutrition among hospitalized patients increases length of stay (LOS) and carries extra hospitalization costs. Objective: To review the impact of malnutrition on hospital LOS and costs in Europe.
Benthe, H.F. +2 more
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Hospital Malnutrition, Nutritional Risk Factors, and Elements of Nutritional Care in Europe: Comparison of Polish Results with All European Countries Participating in the nDay Survey. [PDF]
NutritionDay (nDay) is a project established by the Medical University of Vienna and the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) to audit the nutritional status of hospitalized patients and nursing home residents.
Ostrowska J +4 more
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A multi-centre survey on hospital malnutrition: result of PNSI study. [PDF]
Background Disease-related malnutrition is associated with adverse outcomes such as increased rates of morbidity and mortality, prolonged hospital stay, and extra costs of health care.
Poudineh S +12 more
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A multi-center survey on hospital malnutrition and cachexia in Slovenia. [PDF]
Background Malnutrition has become a prevalent condition, with European and international studies reporting rates of approximately 25–40% in hospitals. We set out to perform a multi-center cross-sectional study to assess malnutrition rates in Slovenian ...
Koroušić Seljak B +4 more
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Hospital Malnutrition, a Call for Political Action: A Public Health and NutritionDay Perspective. [PDF]
Disease-related malnutrition (DRM) is prevalent in hospitals and is associated with increased care needs, prolonged hospital stay, delayed rehabilitation and death. Nutrition care process related activities such as screening, assessment and treatment has
Hiesmayr M +9 more
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The Problem of Hospital Malnutrition in the African Continent. [PDF]
This study aims to determine the prevalence of risk of malnutrition on admission and discharge in African hospitals, and to identify the association with selected indicators. In this multi-center prospective cohort study, adult patients from hospitals in
Blaauw R +7 more
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The Use of Technology in Identifying Hospital Malnutrition: Scoping Review.
Background Malnutrition is a condition most commonly arising from the inadequate consumption of nutrients necessary to maintain physiological health and is associated with the development of cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and sarcopenia ...
Trtovac D, Lee J.
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BACKGROUND & AIMS the last large multicenter study on disease-related malnutrition (DRM) in Spain (the PREDyCES study) showed a 23.7 % prevalence of malnutrition, according to the Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS-2002) tool.
A. Zugasti Murillo +18 more
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