Nutritional screening in clinical patients at a University Hospital in Northeastern Brazil Evaluación nutricional en pacientes clínicos en un hospital universitario en el noreste de Brasil

Objectives: According to the Brazilian Hospital Nutritional Assessment Inquiry, malnutrition in hospitals reaches 48.1% in Brazil, with this figure reaching as high as 63.9% in the northern and northeastern regions of the country. Despite its high prevalence, hospital malnutrition is not well identi...

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Main Authors: D. Lisboa da Silva, P. Alves Santos, P. Coelho Cabral, M.ª Goretti Pessoa de Araujo Burgos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arán Ediciones, S. L. 2012-12-01
Series:Nutrición Hospitalaria
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0212-16112012000600031