Prevalence and predictors of malnutrition in surgical patients – Results of Nutrition Day 2007at the University of Bonn
Blass, S.; Reich, A.; Ellinger, S.; Goost, H.; Pauly, L.; Lesser, S.; Bai, J.; Engels, J.; Pantelis, D.; Meissner, A.; Burger, C.; Hirner, A.; Mueller, S.; Wirtz, D.C.; Stehle, P. · Aktuelle Ernährungsmedizin · 2007 · Heft 3 · S. 1 bis 1
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Introduction: Malnutrition is a common problem in hospitalized patients and has shown to be favoured by higher age, multiple medication, malignant disease and major comorbidity (1). However, the contribution of other factors like energy intake in the previous week, main diagnosis and the presence of a person dedicated to nutritional care on malnutrition have not been reliably assessed. Methods: Nutritional status and potential predictors were investigated in 98 inpatients from the surgery centre (SC) (n=57 Orthopaedic/Trauma surgery (OTS), n=23 General surgery (GS), n=18 Urology (U)) within Nutrition Day 2007 us…
