Observational studyInternal and emergency medicine2019
May nutritional status worsen during hospital stay? A sub-group analysis from a cross-sectional study.
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- Hospital Services to Improve Nutritional Intake and Reduce Food Waste: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Prognostic nutritional index and long-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting.BMC surgery · 2026Article
- Impact of prognostic nutritional index on mortality among patients receiving coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a retrospective cohort study.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2025Observational
- Professionals' perception on nutritional care of adult patients in comprehensive specialized hospitals of East Wollega Zone, Ethiopia.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Sex-related differences in the impact of nutritional status on length of hospital stay in atrial fibrillation: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The Apparent Asymmetrical Relationship Between Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth, Endotoxemia, and Liver Steatosis and Fibrosis in Cirrhotic and Non-Cirrhotic Patients: A Single-Center Pilot Study.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- [Weight loss and malnutrition risk in geriatric patients].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2021Article
- Optimizing Inpatient Nutrition Care of Adult Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the 21st Century.Nutrients · 2021Review
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- Skeletal Muscle Loss during Multikinase Inhibitors Therapy: Molecular Pathways, Clinical Implications, and Nutritional Challenges.Nutrients · 2020Review
- The impact of personalized nutritional support on postoperative outcome within the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program for liver resections: results from the NutriCatt protocol.Updates in surgery · 2020Article
- Older patients' and their family caregivers' perceptions of food, meals and nutritional care in the transition between hospital and home care: a qualitative study.BMC nutrition · 2020Article
- Efficacy and Efficiency of Nutritional Support Teams.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Review
- Clinical impact of hospital malnutrition.Internal and emergency medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
Hospital malnutrition is a detrimental prognostic factor regarding hospital mortality, complications, and length of stay. However, the role of hospitalization itself on nutritional status has not been fully elucidated. We report the results of a secondary analysis from the dataset of a recent cross-sectional study at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy. Data from patients evaluated at admission and discharge were collected and compared. One hundred thirty-nine patients were evaluated. Mean length of stay was 13.6 (± 7.7) days. Patients at risk of malnutrition, according to NRS-2002, were 75 (53.9%), while 63 (45.3%) were malnourished according to ESPEN Criteria. Compared to admission, at discharge, patients reported a significant decrease in Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC)-from 26.5 cm (± 3.6) to 25.9 cm (± 3.7) (p = 0.016), a reduction in Phase angle (PhA)-from 4.25° (± 1.20) to 4.01° (± 1.15) (p = 0.005), fat-free mass (FFM)-from 47.5 kg (± 9.19) to 44.9 kg (± 9.4) (p = 0.03) and fat-free mass index (FFMI)-from 16.9 kg/m
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