Open AccessRole of Nutritional Status in Predicting the Length of Stay in Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Epidemiological Literature
Author(s) -
Digant Gupta,
Pankaj G. Vashi,
C. A. Lammersfeld,
Donald P. Braun
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of nutrition and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.926
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1421-9697
pISSN - 0250-6807
DOI - 10.1159/000332914
Subject(s) - medicine , malnutrition , medline , cancer , gastrointestinal cancer , population , epidemiology , intensive care medicine , environmental health , colorectal cancer , political science , law
Length of stay (LOS) has been used as a surrogate marker for patients' well-being during hospital treatment. We systematically reviewed all pertinent literature on the role of nutritional status in predicting LOS in cancer.
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