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Evaluation of the Relationship between Nutritional Status of COVID-19 Patients Admitted to the ICU and Patients' Prognosis: A Cohort Study.

Parsa MohammadiHesam Aldin VarpaeiAlireza Khafaee Pour KhamsehMostafa MohammadiMojgan RahimiAmirhossein Orandi
Published in: Journal of nutrition and metabolism (2022)
In the critical care setting of COVID-19 patients, malnutrition is prevalent. Malnutrition (nutritional risk) is associated with an increased risk of need for mechanical ventilation and in-hospital mortality. Patients with a history of HTN, CKD, DM, and cancer are more likely to be at nutritional risk at the time of ICU admission.
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