• Alcohol Alcohol. · Sep 2011

    Nutritional evaluation of alcoholic inpatients admitted for alcohol detoxification.

    • Joana Teixeira, Teresa Mota, and João Cabral Fernandes.
    • Lisbon's Psychiatric Hospital Centre, Lisbon, Portugal. jteixeira2008@gmail.com
    • Alcohol Alcohol. 2011 Sep 1;46(5):558-60.

    AimsTo assess nutritional risk of alcoholic patients admitted for alcohol detoxification.MethodsScreening of nutritional risk of alcoholic patients using the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool.ResultsFifty-three percentage patients at presentation were rated as being at medium or high risk of malnutrition.ConclusionMalnutrition should be actively considered and screened for in alcoholic patients admitted for alcohol detoxification due to its high prevalence and benefits obtained from treatment.

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