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Nutritional Support Should Target the Cause of Malnutrition in Hospitalized Patients

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Kaegi-Braun and colleagues 1 have presented a retrospective analysis of the outcomes of nutritional support on hospitalized patients who are malnourished.This study found that nutritional support is associated with small but statistically significant decrease in patient mortality (7.2% vs 8.8%; incidence rate ratio, 0.79 [95% CI, 0.75-0.84];P < .001)and reduced hospital readmission.There are a number of important strengths to this study, principally the very large number and heterogeneity +

Source: JAMA Network Open

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.33925

Author: William J. Evans

Institutions: Duke Medical Center, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology

Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics

Field: Nursing

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,000