Approximately 1 in 10 Ambulatory Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Are At Risk Of Malnutrition- A Prospective Singapore Cohort.

Benedix SimMark Chang Chuen CheahWebber Pak Wo ChanYu Tien WangMalcolm Teck Kiang TanHang Hock ShimEnnaliza Salazar

Published in: Journal of digestive diseases (2023)

Using the MUST score, 11.5% of ambulatory IBD patients in Singapore were identified to be at risk of malnutrition. Amongst patients at risk of malnutrition, a trend was demonstrated towards a longer length of stay for admitted patients. This underscores the need to actively screen ambulatory IBD patients for malnutrition.

Keyphrases

ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
blood pressure
chronic kidney disease
high throughput