• Nutrition · Feb 2003

    Prevalence of hospital malnutrition in Argentina: preliminary results of a population-based study.

    • Diego F Wyszynski, Mario Perman, and Adriana Crivelli.
    • Boston University School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA. dfw@bu.edu
    • Nutrition. 2003 Feb 1; 19 (2): 115-9.

    ObjectiveWe investigated the prevalence of malnutrition in a sample of hospitalized patients in Argentina.MethodsA random population-based sample of 1000 inpatients in 38 hospitals in 17 cities of Argentina was selected and studied with the Subjective Global Assessment (physical examination plus questionnaire).ResultsForty-seven percent of the participants were identified as having some degree of malnourishment, one-fourth of which was considered severe. Older males, especially those with cancer or infections, were at highest risk. Nutritional information was incorporated into the patients' charts in only 38.8% of cases, and fewer than 15% had records of usual or current weight and height.ConclusionsThis study suggested that malnutrition among hospital inpatients in Argentina is common and that the patients' nutrition status is largely unrecognized and neglected in their hospital charts.

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