Nutritional parameters associated with prolonged hospital stay among ambulatory adult patients
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Nutritional parameters associated with prolonged hospital stay among ambulatory adult patients.
BACKGROUND Comprehensive evaluations of the nutritional parameters associated with length of hospital stay are lacking. We investigated the association between malnutrition and length of hospital stay in a cohort of ambulatory adult patients. METHODS From September 2006 to June 2009, we systematically evaluated 1274 ambulatory adult patients admitted to hospital for medical or surgical treatm...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091977