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Subjective Global Assessment in the Clinical Setting
Author(s) -
Baccaro Fernando,
Moreno Jose Balza,
Borlenghi Cecilia,
Aquino Leonardo,
Armesto Graciela,
Plaza Gabriel,
Zapata Sandra
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607107031005406
Subject(s) - malnutrition , observational study , medicine , incidence (geometry) , logistic regression , univariate analysis , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , multivariate analysis , physics , optics
Background: Our goal was nutrition assessment in hospitalized patients of an internal medicine service. Methods: Ours was a longitudinal, prospective, and observational study. Four hundred twelve patients participated in this study using the Subjective Global Assessment (SGA). We used χ 2 for univariate and logistic regression. Results: Of 412 patients, 47.6% presented with malnutrition: 38.8% with moderate malnutrition (group B), and 8.58% with severe malnutrition (group C). Malnutrition was related to male patients older than 65 years, oncologic and infectious diseases, and length of hospitalization. Conclusions: Malnutrition incidence in an internal medical service is high. There is remarkable lack of interest in hospitalized patients' nutrition state. Results show similarities to other studies from Latin America.