Predictive Validity of Body Mass Index Cutoff Values Used in the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition Criteria for Discriminating Severe and Moderate Malnutrition Based on In-Patients With Pneumonia in Asians.

Akio Shimizu Keisuke Maeda HIdetaka Wakabayashi Shinta NishiokaAyano NaganoJun KayashitaIchiro FujishimaRyo Momosaki

Published in: JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition (2020)

The BMI cutoff values might be valid for patients with pneumonia aged ≥70 years in Asians. Further investigation is required to validate the cutoff value for older adults aged <70 years.

Keyphrases

body mass index
physical activity
weight gain
quality improvement
respiratory failure
early onset
community acquired pneumonia
drug induced
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation