CONUT: A Useful Alarm of Malnutrition in the Centralized Laboratory of a Spanish Hospital

• Main Authors: Miriam Menacho-Román (Author), Gilberto Pérez-López (Author), José Manuel del Rey-Sánchez (Author), Domingo Ly-Pen (Author), Antonio Becerra-Fernández (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<strong>Background:</strong> Hospital malnutrition, usually secondary to various diseases and their treatments, is an important problem in our clinical practice. For its proper assessment, it is crucial to use a nutritional alert system, such as the CONUT (COntrol NUTrition) program; thi...