Do the malnutrition universal screening tool (MUST) and Birmingham nutrition risk (BNR) score predict mortality in older hospitalised patients?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Undernutrition is common in older hospitalised patients, and routine screening is advocated. It is unclear whether screening tools such as the Birmingham Nutrition Risk (BNR) score and the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)...

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Main Authors: Lee Emma, Moore Nicola, Henderson Sarah, Witham Miles D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-10-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/8/26