Background Disease-related malnutrition in polymorbid medical inpatients is a highly
prevalent syndrome associated with significantly increased morbidity, disability, short-and …

Background Disease-related malnutrition in polymorbid medical inpatients is a highly
prevalent syndrome associated with significantly increased morbidity, disability, short-and …

Background & aims Polymorbidity (also known as multimorbidity)–defined as the co-
occurrence of at least two chronic health conditions–is highly prevalent, particularly in the …

There is now growing evidence demonstrating that nutritional support is effective in lowering
mortality and other adverse clinical outcomes in medical inpatients [1 e3]. However, studies …

Malnutrition is a common condition in hospitalized patients that is often underdiagnosed and
undertreated. Hospital malnutrition has multifactorial causes and is associated with negative …

Malnutrition has been defined as a “state resulting from lack of uptake or intake of nutrition,
leading to altered body composition and body cell mass, as well as to diminished physical …

Background The prevalence of disease‐related malnutrition in Western European hospitals
is estimated to be about 30%. There is no consensus whether poor nutritional status causes …

Objective Despite the high prevalence of malnutrition in the general inpatient population,
there is a lack of knowledge in regard to detecting disease-related malnutrition and …

Malnutrition is frequent in patients during a hospital admission and may further worsen
during the hospital stay without appropriate nutritional support. Malnutrition causes greater …

The prevalence of malnutrition ranges up to 50% among patients in hospitals worldwide,
and disease-related malnutrition is all too common in long-term and other health care …