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Assessment Of The Nutritional Status Of Adult In-Patients In A Tertiary Public Hospital In Malaysia: A Single-Day Point Prevalence Study

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Malnutrition is a major problem that is encountered in day-today clinical practice and is associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, malnutrition is often undetected unless the patient is on the extreme ends of the malnutrition spectrum. Public hospitals in Malaysia have yet to have a standardized protocol for nutrition screening and consensus concerning methods to assess nutritional status is lacking. This cross sectional study endeavours to utilise a simple but yet clinically relevant technique (Body-Mass Index) to perform a one-day survey on the nutritional status of all adult patients admitted to a tertiary public hospital as an initial tool in the diagnosis of malnutrition.

Source: Universiti Putra Malaysia Institutional Repository (Universiti Putra Malaysia)

Authors: T Gee, AG Suriyana, NQ Fathi, JL Cheong

Language: English

Topic: Nutrition and Health in Aging

Subfield: Physiology (medical)

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2515892538

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