Association of nutritional indices and prognosis of stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CONCLUSIONS: Assessing malnutrition in stroke patients at the time of hospital admission using any of the three nutritional indices is useful due to the observed association of malnutrition with survival and functional outcomes. However, due to a limited number of studies, there is a need for large prospective studies to validate the findings observed in this meta-analysis.PMID:37401317 | DOI:10.26355/eurrev_202306_32819

Source: European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences - July 4, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: L-F Huang M-L Zhu Y-R Ye Source Type: research