Malnutrition and associated factors in patients with infectious diseases
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Background Worldwide, malnutrition affects 20-50% of patients admitted to hospitals. Malnutrition has a high impact in clinical outcomes and cost of healthcare. In Romania, there is a general lack of hospital malnutrition data, and also of malnutrition prevalence in infectious diseases hospitals. Objective: to assess malnutrition risk and associated factors in hospitalized patients with infectious diseases.
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