Fluid intake and nutritional risk in non-critically ill patients at hospital referral

Autor: Emanuele, Cereda, Carlo, Pedrolli, Lucio, Lucchin, Amleto, D'Amicis, Maria Gabriella, Gentile, Nino Carlo, Battistini, Maria Antonia, Fusco, Augusta, Palmo, Maurizio, Muscaritoli, V, Panetta
Rok vydání: 2010
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Popis: The association between hyporexia/anorexia, reduced food intake and disease-related malnutrition at hospital admission is well established. However, information on fluid intake according to nutritional risk has never been provided. Thus, we assessed the attitude and adequacy of fluid intake among case-mix hospitalised patients according to nutritional risk. A sample of 559 non-critically ill patients randomly taken from medical and surgical wards was evaluated. Nutritional risk was diagnosed by the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002. Usual fluid consumption the week before admission was assessed and categorised as P P P P
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