Nutritional risk and associated factors of adult in-patients at a teaching hospital in the Copperbelt province in Zambia; a hospital-based cross-sectional study

Nutritional risk and associated factors of adult in-patients at a teaching hospital in the Copperbelt province in Zambia; a hospital-based cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Nutritional risk and undernutrition are common problems among medical and surgical patients. In hospital, malnutrition is frequently under-diagnosed and untreated thereby contributing to morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of nutriti...

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Main Authors: Nixon Miyoba, Joseph Musowoya, Emily Mwanza, Angel Malama, Nyati Murambiwa, Irene Ogada, Macriveness Njobvu, Doris Liswaniso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Nutrition
Subjects:
Adult inpatients
Teaching hospital
Nutritional risk
Malnutrition
Undernutrition
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40795-018-0249-4

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