Prevalence of malnutrition in hospital outpatients

Prevalence of malnutrition in hospital outpatients

The absence of routine nutritional screening in these clinics meant that much malnutrition would have been unrecognised and untreated. Since the number of outpatient attendances outnumber hospital admissions several-fold, there is potential for identifying more malnutrition through screening in outp...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 2010, Vol.69 (OCE2), Article E150
Hauptverfasser: Rust, S., Cawood, A. L., Walters, E., Stratton, R. J., Elia, M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Hepatology
Malnutrition
Nutrition assessment
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Zusammenfassung:The absence of routine nutritional screening in these clinics meant that much malnutrition would have been unrecognised and untreated. Since the number of outpatient attendances outnumber hospital admissions several-fold, there is potential for identifying more malnutrition through screening in outpatients than inpatients.
ISSN:0029-6651
1475-2719
DOI:10.1017/S0029665109993466