Background Disease-related malnutrition is a major public health issue in both industrialised
and emerging countries. The reported prevalence in hospitalised adults ranges from 20% to …

Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between preoperative
nutritional status and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with gastrointestinal …

Background We examine here the association between malnutrition risk and adverse health
outcomes among older adult patients undergoing elective surgical procedures. Methods We …

RESUMEN Múltiples estudios ponen de manifiesto la atención que se le concede al estado
nutricional en la historia y práctica clínica. Además, la mayoría de los pacientes ingresados …

Introduction: The cross-cultural adaptation of the Patient-Generated Subjective Global
Assessment is important so it can be used with confidence in Portuguese language …

Introducción: La desnutrición hospitalaria es un pro-blema prevalente que genera mayor
morbi-mortalidad, peor respuesta al tratamiento, mayor estancia y costo hospitalario …

BACKGROUND: Nutritional risk and malnutrition are highly prevalent among hospitalized
patients. As a result, several methods have been developed to produce an adequate …

Background Bloodstream infections (BSI) occur in up to 350 000 inpatient admissions each
year in the US, with BSI rates among patients receiving parenteral nutrition (PN) varying …

Métodos: este fue un estudio transversal. Se determinó la prevalencia del riesgo de
malnutrición mediante la herramienta de detección MST y se evaluó la asociación con la …

OBJECTIVE: This study verified the association between hand grip strength and body mass
index, subjective global assessment and nutritional risk screening 2002. METHODS: This …