Open AccessNutritional Risk Screening and Body Composition in COVID‐19 Patients Hospitalized in an Internal Medicine Ward
Author(s) -
Rosaria Del Giorno,
Massimo Quarenghi,
Kevyn Stefanelli,
S. Capelli,
Antonella Giagulli,
L. Quarleri,
Daniela Stehrenberger,
Nicola Ossola,
Rita Monotti,
Luca Gabutti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s286484
Subject(s) - medicine , bioelectrical impedance analysis , intensive care unit , malnutrition , multivariate analysis , body mass index , intensive care medicine
Malnutrition in patients hospitalized in internal medicine wards is highly prevalent and represents a prognostic factor of worse outcomes. Previous evidence suggested the prognostic role of the nutritional status in patients affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We aim to investigate the nutritional risk in patients with COVID-19 hospitalized in an internal medicine ward and their clinical outcomes using the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) and parameters derived from bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA).