Hospital and Homecare Malnutrition and Nutritional Therapy, in Brazil. Strategies for Alleviating it: A Position Paper | Zendy

Dan Linetzky Waitzberg | Zendy; José Eduardo de AguilarNascimento | Zendy; Maria Carolina Gonçalves Dias | Zendy; Nivaldo Barroso de Pinho | Zendy; Robson Moura | Zendy; María Isabel Toulson Davisson Correia | Zendy

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Hospital and Homecare Malnutrition and Nutritional Therapy, in Brazil. Strategies for Alleviating it: A Position Paper

Author(s) -

Dan Linetzky Waitzberg,

José Eduardo de AguilarNascimento,

Maria Carolina Gonçalves Dias,

Nivaldo Barroso de Pinho,

Robson Moura,

María Isabel Toulson Davisson Correia

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

nutrición hospitalaria

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1699-5198

pISSN - 0212-1611

DOI - 10.20960/nh.1098

Subject(s) - malnutrition , medicine , medical nutrition therapy , intensive care medicine , intervention (counseling) , public health , clinical nutrition , pediatrics , environmental health , nursing

Malnutrition in hospitalized patients is not evaluated frequently. However, it is a critical issue given that it has been related to a high rate of infectious complications and increased mortality rates. There is a high prevalence of patients with nutritional impairment in the home environment, which favors their clinical worsening, the increase of re-hospitalizations and, consequently, the increase in public health expenditures.

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