Malnutrition represents a common and important feature in elderly people affected by
cardiovascular diseases. Several studies have investigated its prevalence and prognostic …

Background and aims The lack of standard diagnostic criteria in elder patients with heart
failure (HF) makes it challenging to diagnose and manage malnutrition. We aimed to explore …

Evidence indicates that malnutrition very frequently co-occurs with chronic heart failure (HF)
and leads to a range of negative consequences. Studies show associations between …

Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome characterized by high morbidity and mortality, despite
advances in medical and device therapy that have significantly improved survival. The …

Nutritional considerations of many chronic diseases are not fully understood or taken into
consideration in everyday clinical practice. Therefore, it is not surprising that high proportion …

The clinical importance of nutritional management in activities of daily living (ADL) among
older inpatients with heart failure (HF) is greatly increasing. We determined the optimal …

Summary Background & aims Although the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition
(GLIM) proposed a consensus scheme for diagnosing malnutrition in adults in clinical …

Background Malnutrition in hospitalised patients is associated with frequent complications
and increased mortality. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of abnormal …

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: The prevalence of malnutrition among patients with
heart failure and the role it might play in prognosis is not currently known. The aim of this …

Purpose Malnutrition has been shown to be related to adverse clinical outcomes in patients
with heart failure, hypertension, atrial fibrillation and other cardiovascular diseases …