An awareness of the importance of nutritional status in hospital settings began more than 40
years ago. Much has been learned since and has altered care. For the past 40 years several …

It has frequently been shown that patients with cancer are one of the largest hospital patient
groups with a prevalence for malnutrition. Weight loss is a frequent manifestation of …

Purpose In oncology patients, hospital malnutrition is associated with a greater risk of
morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of …

Objectives Malnutrition is frequent in patients with cancer and is associated with a higher
rate of morbidity and mortality. However, a significant number of patients at nutritional risk …

Our objective was to evaluate the clinical application of third lumbar vertebra (L3)-computer
tomography (CT)-determined sarcopenia as a marker of muscle mass in cancer inpatients …

Background Poor nutritional status of patients with renal disease has been associated with
worsening of renal function and poor health outcomes. Simply measuring weight and height …

Background & aims Hospitalized patients should be screened for nutritional risk and
adequately managed. Being nutritionally 'at-risk'increases in-hospital mortality, length of stay …

Aims and objectives To determine and compare the prevalence of malnutrition in medical
and surgical hospital units; to assess quality of nutritional care and patients' perception …

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess nutritional risk and status of Chinese
hospitalized patients at admission and discharge and relations with clinical outcomes …

Background Nutritional care is a basic human right for all people. Nevertheless,
undernourishment is known to be a frequent and serious health care problem among elderly …