Title: Malnutrition prevalence using glim and subjective global assessment in argentinian institutions with nutritional support units
Abstract: Rationale: Hospital malnutrition is common in acute general hospitals and has a very large impact on clinical outcomes. A timely and accurate diagnosis will allow prescribing a proper nutritional support treatment. So, it is necessary to use validate nutritional assessment tools and to know the exact prevalence of malnutrition in our institutions. Subjective global assessment (SGA) is a worldwide validated tool and the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) is a recently designed tool (2019), that impress being more accurate and practical. This work aims to assess the prevalence of malnutrition in Argentinian institutions whit Nutritional Support Units (NSU).
Publication Year: 2021
Publication Date: 2021-11-30
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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