Nutritional Management and Outcomes in Malnourished Medical Inpatients

• Other Authors: Stanga, Zeno (Editor), Schuetz, Philipp (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Food & society; type 1 diabetes mellitus; bioelectrical impedance analysis; phase angle; children; adolescents; protein; malnutrition; critical care; mortality; outcomes; hospital readmission; ICU Survivors; inflammation; nutritional assessment; biomarkers; albumin; prealbumin; IGF-1; elderly; prognostic marker; Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; enteral nutrition; early parenteral nutrition; critical illness; iron; copper; selenium; zinc; thiamine; vitamin B12; obesity; glucose control; hyperglycemia; parenteral nutrition; nutritional support; insulin; Geriatric patients; older persons; therapy; interventions; chronic critical illness; Nutrition Risk Screening (NRS-2002); age; nutrition; vasopressors; shock; glucose; diabetes; underfeeding; economic challenges; nutritional management; mid-arm muscle circumference; dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; computed tomography; fat-free mass; appendicular skeletal muscle mass; lean soft tissue; skeletal muscle index; chronic disease; old; anorexia nervosa; refeeding syndrome; weight gain; length of stay; nutritional risk screening; monitoring; micronutrient deficiency; oral nutritional supplements; artificial nutrition; gastroparesis; dumping syndrome; pathophysiology; clinical presentation; treatment; nutritional therapy; cancer; cachexia; sarcopenia; survival; nutritional support team; efficacy; metabolic syndrome; insulin resistance; dietary pattern; carbohydrates; fat; indirect calorimetry; indirect calorimeter; resting energy expenditure; nutrition therapy; medical nutrition therapy; intensive care unit; intermediate care unit; critically ill patients; nutritional counselling; nursing; e-counselling; dehydration; dysphagia; fluid intake; water; cirrhosis; ascites; sarcopenic obesity; vitamins; micronutrients; all-in-one parenteral admixture; compatibility; stability; pharmaceutical expertise; drug admixing; drug administration; hospital; nutrition care; continuity of care; process indicators; benchmarking; disease related malnutrition.; diagnosis; management; hypophosphatemia; n/a
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Malnutrition lurks in the background of hospitalized medical patients. A large proportion of patients are malnourished upon hospital admission and patients often experience further nutritional deterioration during their stay and during disease recovery. However, although the negative effects of maln...