Background The surgical post-take ward round is a complex multidisciplinary interaction in which new surgical patients are reviewed and management plans formulated. Its fast-paced nature can lead to poor communication and inaccurate or incomplete documentation with potential detriment to patient safety. Junior team members often do not fully understand the diagnosis and management plan. Aims ...

INTRODUCTION In the present study, we evaluated a short form version of MNA test in a multicenter study and the relationship of different biochemical markers with MNASF scores. MATERIAL AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional survey covering a sample of representative of the older institutionalized Spanish population aged above 65 years (n = 873). A Mini nutritional assessment short form test ...

OBJECTIVE to evaluate whether integrated care pathways improve the processes of care in stroke rehabilitation. DESIGN comparison of processes of care data collected in a randomized controlled trial. PARTICIPANTS acute stroke patients undergoing rehabilitation randomized to receive integrated care pathways management (n=76) or conventional multidisciplinary care (n=76). MEASUREMENTS propor...

BACKGROUND Up to 65% of elderly patients are protein-energy undernourished at admission or acquire nutritional deficits while hospitalised. OBJECTIVES The aims of this project were: 1) to assess the quality of care concerning nutrition among geriatric units; 2) to assess the impact of implementive nutritional interventions on nutritional status and on the length of hospitalisation. DESIGN T...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The malnutrition found in oncology patients is the main responsible for the increase in morbimortality and worsening of their quality of life. Currently, the assessment of malnutrition is performed by subjective and objective methods, or the combination of them. Although these methods are routinely applied and their association is very common in clinical practice, there are ...

INTRODUCTION Assessment of pregnant mothers for nutritional status is a neglected intervention. In Kaabong Hospital, nutritional status of pregnant mothers was not assessed during antenatal care (ANC) visits. A quality improvement (QI) project was initiated to increase nutritional assessment using midupper arm circumference (MUAC) among pregnant mothers during ANC visits from 0 to 90% between A...