AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to compare five commonly used malnutrition screening tools against an acknowledged definition of malnutrition in one hospital inpatient sample. BACKGROUND Early identification and intervention of malnutrition in hospital patients may prevent later complications. Several screening tools have reported their diagnostic accuracy, but the criterion ...

IDENTIFYING MALNUTRITION The high incidence of malnutrition in the hospital setting was first described in the 1974 publication, “The Skeleton in the Hospital Closet” (1). Over time, the presence of malnutrition has been consistently correlated with increased length of stay, clinical deterioration, increased use of hospital resources, and increased risk of complications (2). Because of the dele...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Large-scale studies performed in hospitals with the validated Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) tool are scarce. However, factors associated with malnutrition are important for identifying individuals at risk. The aims of the present study were to estimate the prevalence of malnutrition and to examine the association between mealtime habits, meal provision, and malnutrition am...

BACKGROUND In 2015 the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) presented new consensus criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition. Whereas most previous definitions were based on involuntary weight loss and/or a low BMI, the ESPEN definition added Fat Free Mass Index (FFMI) to the set of criteria. AIM To study the predictive value of the new ESPEN diagnostic criteria fo...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition is an under-recognized problem in hospitalized patients. Despite systematic screening, the prevalence of malnutrition in the hospital did not decrease in the last few decades. The aim of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of malnutrition and to determine the explicit daily calorie intake of hospitalized patients, to identify the risk factors of developing malnutrit...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition is common in the developing world and associated with disease and mortality. Because malnutrition frequently occurs among children in the community as well as those with acute illness, and because anthropometric indicators of nutritional status are continuous variables that preclude a single definition of malnutrition, malnutrition-attributable fractions of admissions an...

protein calorie malnutrition (pcm) is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality in patients with cirrhosis and occurs in 50%-90% of these patients. although the pathogenesis of pcm is multifactorial, alterations in protein metabolism play an important role. this article is based on a selective literature review of protein and sodium recommendations. daily protein and sodium r...

conclusions three medical barriers (poor appetite, depression and difficulty chewing), one behavioral barrier (poor total nutrition, protein, and potassium knowledge), and one socioeconomic barrier (needing help for shopping and cooking) were independently associated with nutritional markers. results patients with higher sga had lower knowledge about general nutrition [odds ratio (or), 1.3], po...