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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1975
To the Editor.— The observation of Bistrian et al (230:858, 1974) would be more accurately stated as a significant correlation of arm muscle circumference and serum albumin levels in determining protein calorie malnutrition rather than as the conclusion drawn, that the health care system is at fault for allowing 50% of its hospitalized patients to ...
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To the Editor.— The observation of Bistrian et al (230:858, 1974) would be more accurately stated as a significant correlation of arm muscle circumference and serum albumin levels in determining protein calorie malnutrition rather than as the conclusion drawn, that the health care system is at fault for allowing 50% of its hospitalized patients to ...
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Combating malnutrition in hospitals
2018Prevalence and risk of malnutrition amongst older people admitted to hospital remains high and a holistic approach to nutritional management is needed. An ethnographic study across 5 hospitals identified several factors contributing to undernutrition in older people in hospital, underpinned by a lack of accountability in nutritional care.
Paula Moynihan +4 more
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Social risk factors for hospital malnutrition
Nutrition, 2005Disease severity is considered an important risk factor for malnutrition in hospitalized patients. We investigated the effect of social factors and disease parameters on the development of malnutrition.Nutritional state was assessed by the Subjective Global Assessment in 794 consecutively admitted patients in two hospitals in Berlin (n = 493 ...
Matthias, Pirlich +8 more
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Malnutrition in the Hospitalized Geriatric Patient
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1982The nutritional status of 59 consecutive geriatric male patients admitted to the medical service of a Veterans Administration Hospital was evaluated and compared with that of 93 younger patients admitted during the same period. Protein‐calorie malnutrition was diagnosed in 61 per cent of patients aged 65 or older compared with 28 per cent of patients ...
R, Bienia +3 more
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Malnutrition Among Hospitalized Patients
Archives of Internal Medicine, 1987• Between 25% and 50% of patients admitted to an acute medical service are malnourished. Physicians are often unaware which patients are admitted at nutritional risk and make no attempt to arrest further nutritional decline until a dramatic deterioration has occurred.
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Nursing and Residential Care, 2006
This months issue of Nursing & Residential Care focuses on the need to respect the dignity and autonomy of older people.
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This months issue of Nursing & Residential Care focuses on the need to respect the dignity and autonomy of older people.
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Tackling malnutrition in hospitals
British Journal of Community Nursing, 2013individual patient questionnaire that asks for general health information of the cancer patient. In 2012 there were 23 936 patient data entries from 36 countries, during nutritionDay. In the online database, 15 560 datasets were entered from hospitals, 4242 from nursing homes and 1724 from intensive care units. In addition, 2410 datasets were collected
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State of malnutrition in Cuban hospitals
Nutrition, 2005We assessed the current state of undernutrition as observed in 1905 patients hospitalized in 12 Cuban health care institutions, as part of a Latin American, multinational survey similar in design and goals.We surveyed 1905 randomly selected patients from 12 Cuban hospitals in a two-phase study.
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Quick Fix for Hospital‐Acquired Malnutrition?
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2015Hospital‐acquired malnutrition is universally present across the globe. Little progress has been made on overcoming hospital‐acquired malnutrition despite known presence for at least 40 years. Technologies and methods to deliver the recommended calories and protein are available in most healthcare settings.
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