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Hospital malnutrition: a prospective evaluation of patients during hospitalisation
1Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Tropical Gastroenterology : Official Journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation
|April 1, 1991
Abstract:
Nutritional Status of 89 patients was assessed during their course of hospitalisation. All patients consumed diet deficit in protein and calories. The mean daily intake of calories was 819 +/- 425 Kcals and of protein was 22 +/- 19 g per day. 74.13 per cent patients lost weight while 31.25 per cent gained. 50% patients had fall in SKFT values during their hospital stay.