Bedside measures of malnutrition and association with mortality in hospitalized adults

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 252-256

  Asiimwe, Stephen B ^a,b   Muzoora, Conrad ^a   Wilson, L Anthony ^a   Moore, Christopher C ^c  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute illness; Adult; Africa; ART; BMI; HB; Hospitalized; Malnutrition; MAP; MNA sf; MRRH; MUAC; MUST; SSA; TB

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UGANDA; WARD; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 84924581408     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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