Usefulness of Six Diagnostic and Screening Measures for Undernutrition in Predicting Length of Hospital Stay: A Comparative Analysis

Background Undernutrition has been associated with longer length of hospital stay (LOS). However, an analysis that investigates the association of recommended undernutrition diagnostic and screening indicators with LOS conducted in patients with a varied spectrum of pathologies and considering confo...

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Main Author: Rita S. Guerra (author)
Other Authors: Isabel Fonseca (author), Fernando Pichel (author), Maria T. Restivo (author), Teresa F. Amaral (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/93255
Country:Portugal
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