ReviewJPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition2016
Addressing Disease-Related Malnutrition in Healthcare: A Latin American Perspective.
Review in JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- Factors influencing malnutrition in critically ill patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of dietary counseling with or without nutrition supplementation in hospitalized patients who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition: A systematic review and meta-analysis.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition · 2022Pooled it
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- Readiness of Mozambique Health Facilities to Address Undernutrition and Diarrhea in Children under Five: Indicators from 2018 and 2021 Survey Data.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Underlying Causes and Co-existence of Malnutrition and Infections: An Exceedingly Common Death Risk in Cancer.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Review
- Nutrition Therapy Cost-Effectiveness Model Indicating How Nutrition May Contribute to the Efficiency and Financial Sustainability of the Health Systems.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition · 2021Article
- The validity of the global leadership initiative on malnutrition criteria for diagnosing malnutrition in critically ill patients with COVID-19: A prospective cohort study.Clinical nutrition ESPEN · 2021Article
- Item Generation in the Development of an Interactive Nutrition Specific Physical Exam Competency Tool (INSPECT): A Qualitative Study Utilizing Technology-Based Focus Groups in the United States.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- A New Paradigm for Clinical Nutrition Services in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.Clinical nutrition research · 2021Review
- An observational study of perioperative nutrition and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing laparotomy at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2018Observational
- Hospital Malnutrition in Latin America: Building a Culture of Nutrition Care: The feedM.E. Global Study Group Response to "A Quick Fix for Hospital-Acquired Malnutrition?".JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition · 2016Article
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Abstract
Alarmingly high rates of disease-related malnutrition have persisted in hospitals of both emerging and industrialized nations over the past 2 decades, despite marked advances in medical care over this same interval. In Latin American hospitals, the numbers are particularly striking; disease-related malnutrition has been reported in nearly 50% of adult patients in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Uruguay. The tolls of disease-related malnutrition are high in both human and financial terms-increased infectious complications, higher incidence of pressure ulcers, longer hospital stays, more frequent readmissions, greater costs of care, and increased risk of death. In an effort to draw attention to malnutrition in Latin American healthcare, a feedM.E. Latin American Study Group was formed to extend the reach and support the educational efforts of the feedM.E. Global Study Group. In this article, the feedM.E. Latin American Study Group shows that malnutrition incurs excessive costs to the healthcare systems, and the study group also presents evidence of how appropriate nutrition care can improve patients' clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs. To achieve the benefits of nutrition for health throughout Latin America, the article presents feedM.E.'s simple and effective Nutrition Care Pathway in English and Spanish as a way to facilitate its use.
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