Detection of nosocomial malnutrition is improved in Amazon region by a standard clinical nutrition education program

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-67

  Acuna K ^a,g   Pires, C ^b   Santos, G ^b   Hashimoto, R ^b   Pinheiro, L ^b   Mazuy, N ^b   Machado, A ^b   Oliveira, C ^b   Camilo, M ^b   Wismann, P ^b   Lima, M ^b   Costa Matos, A ^c   Waitzberg, D L ^d,e   Cruz, T ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^b UFAC ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e GANEP   (Brazil)

^f Division of Endocrinology   (Brazil)

^g Bahia Federal University Medical School ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon region; Education nutrition; Hospital malnutrition; Nutritional assessment; Nutritional therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIET THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING STUDENT; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORDS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 43749100296     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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