Nutritional status assessed by scored patient-generated subjective global assessment associated with length of hospital stay in adult patients receiving an appendectomy
Background: Malnutrition has been associated with poor health outcomes in hospitalized patients. This study assessed the validity of the scored patient-generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA) in adult patients who had undergone an open appendectomy, and examined the association of this asses...
Main Authors: | Tzu-Hao Huang, Ching-Chi Chi, Chin-Hua Liu, Cheng-Chih Chang, Liang-Mou Kuo, Ching-Chuan Hsieh |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-04-01
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Series: | Biomedical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.biomedj.org/article.asp?issn=2319-4170;year=2014;volume=37;issue=2;spage=71;epage=77;aulast=Huang |
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