Prevalence of Malnutrition in Hospitalized Patients: a Multicenter Cross-sectional Study.

Min Chang Kang Ji Hoon Kim Seung-Wan Ryu Jae Young Moon Je Hoon Park Jong Kyung Park Jong Hoon Park Hyun Wook Baik Jeong-Meen Seo Myoung-Won Son Geun Am Song Dong Woo Shin Yeon Myung Shin Hong Yup Ahn Han Kwang Yang Hee Chul Yu Ik Jin Yun Jae Gil Lee Jae-Myeong Lee Jung Hwa Lee Tae Hee Lee Haejun Yim Hyun Jeong Jeon Kyuwhan Jung Mi Ran Jung Chi Young Jeong Hee-Sook Lim Suk Kyung Hongnull null

Published in: Journal of Korean medical science (2018)

Malnutrition was common in hospitalized patients, and resulted in longer hospitalization and associated lower survival rate. The rate of malnutrition tended to be higher when the patient was older than 70 years old or hospitalized for medical treatment or diagnostic work-up compared to elective surgery.

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