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Nutritional status and nutritional treatment are related to outcomes and mortality in older adults with hip fracture [PDF]

, 2017
Malnutrition is very prevalent in geriatric patients with hip fracture. Nevertheless, its importance is not fully recognized. The objective of this paper is to review the impact of malnutrition and of nutritional treatment upon outcomes and mortality in ...
Malafarina, Vincenzo, Reginster, J. Y., Cabrerizo, Sonia, Bruyère, Olivier, Kanis, John A., Martinez, J. Alfredo, Zulet, M. Angeles   +6 more
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High prevalence of malnutrition among hospitalized patients in a tertiary care hospital by using malnutrition universal screening tool

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2019
Background Estimating the prevalence of malnutrition among the hospitalized patients is challenging. Malnutrition is associated with a variety of poor outcomes including long hospital stay and mortality as well as increased hospital costs.
Mervat E Behiry, Marwa R Salem
doaj   +1 more source

Improving standards of nutritional care on a cancer ward:the development and evaluation of a nutritional care assistant role [PDF]

, 2010
Purpose: Patients with cancer are particularly at risk of malnutrition and suffer a range of nutritional problems as a consequence of their disease and its treatment.
Davie, Jackie, Kroll, Thilo, Ross, Fiona, Wells, Mary   +3 more
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Hospital Malnutrition in Latin America

JPEN - Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2016
In Latin American hospitals, the malnutrition numbers are strikingly high; disease-related malnutrition has been reported in nearly 50% of adult patients in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay,
M. Correia
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Malnutrition upon Hospital Admission in Geriatric Patients: Why Assess It?

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2017
ObjectiveTo assess the prevalence of malnutrition according to the new ESPEN definition in a population of geriatric hospital patients and to determine how malnutrition affects the length of hospital stay (LOS) and hospital mortality.DesignA ...
Paolo Orlandoni, Claudia Venturini, Nikolina Jukic Peladic, Annarita Costantini, Mirko Di Rosa, Claudia Cola, Natascia Giorgini, Redenta Basile, Donata Fagnani, Debora Sparvoli, Serenella David   +10 more
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Hospital Malnutrition

, 2012
Malnutrition seen in hospitals usually occurs as some form of protein-energy malnutrition (PEM). Primary PEM results from an acute or chronic deficiency of both protein and calories. Secondary PEM, or cachexia, results from a disease or medical condition such as cancer or gastrointestinal disease that alters requirements or impairs utilization of ...
openaire   +1 more source

Weight gain at 3 months of antiretroviral therapy is strongly associated with survival: evidence from two developing countries [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: In developing countries, access to laboratory tests remains limited, and the use of simple tools such as weight to monitor HIV-infected patients treated with antiretroviral therapy should be evaluated.
Arnaud Fontanet, Bagchi, Bisson, Bonard, Bonnet, Calmy, Christine Genevier, Diggle, Elisabeth Szumilin, Erikstrup, Etard, Ferradini, Ferradini, Gilks, Harries, Ivers, Jerene, Laurent Ferradini, Madec, Malvy, Mar Pujades, Paton, Saghayam, San Lio, Severe, Shetty, Shikuma, Silva, Spacek, Stringer, Suna Balkan, Tang, Van Damme, Yoann Madec   +33 more
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Dysphagia risk, low muscle strength and poor cognition predict malnutrition risk in older adults at hospital admission

BMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background Malnutrition in patients admitted to hospital may have detrimental effects on recovery and healing. Malnutrition is preceded by a state of malnutrition risk, yet malnutrition risk is often not detected during admission.
Idah Chatindiara, Jacqueline Allen, Amy Popman, Darshan Patel, Marilize Richter, Marlena Kruger, Carol Wham   +6 more
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Health Informatics, Sustainable Health Care Development and Malnutrition in India [PDF]

, 2011
Health informatics aims at studying the principal computer applications related to technology in developing human health care and solving the existing problems to facilitate efficient management.
Balgir, RS
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Hospital Malnutrition: Prevalence, Identification and Impact on Patients and the Healthcare System

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2011
Malnutrition is a debilitating and highly prevalent condition in the acute hospital setting, with Australian and international studies reporting rates of approximately 40%. Malnutrition is associated with many adverse outcomes including depression of the
L. Barker, Belinda S. Gout, T. Crowe
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