Pretreatment malnutrition and quality of life - association with prolonged length of hospital stay among patients with gynecological cancer: a cohort study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Length of hospital stay (LOS) is a surrogate marker for patients' well-being during hospital treatment and is associated with health care costs. Identifying pretreatment factors associated with LOS in surgical patients may enabl...

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Main Authors: Cleghorn Geoffrey, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan Srinivas, Janda Monika, Laky Brenda, Obermair Andreas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/10/232

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