Energy crisis

Article Abstract:

A UK audit found that up to 50% of patients come into hospital in a malnourished state. Health care workers frequently fail to detect malnutrition. Improvements in detection and treatment would reduce recovery times and, potentially, save 266 million pounds sterling per year. Malnutrition occurs in illness due to three causes. It may be due to the increased nutritional requirements of the body following trauma, to malabsorption in gastrointestinal disease, or to reduced nutritional intake by a patient suffering from conditions including neurological dysphagia.

Food and nutrition, Nutrition, Hospital patients

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Malnutrition

Article Abstract:

Malnutrition results from an imbalance between nutritional needs and intake, which can lead to mortality, deficiency, dependency, toxicity and obesity. It can be treated with dietary intervention in collaboration with a nutritional professional.

United States

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Leptin a new biological marker for evaluating malnutrition in elderly patients

Article Abstract:

A study on the causes and impact of malnutrition examines the use of leptin as anthropometric markers to assess malnutrition.

France, Usage, Leptin, Aged patients, Elderly patients, Biological markers

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