Association Between Anthropometric Indicators of Nutrition Status and Length of Hospital Stay in Hospitalized Patients.

CONCLUSION: Depletion of TST, MUAC, APMT, AMA, and AMC was associated with lower probability of being discharged to usual residence. A thicker TST was independently associated with this outcome and thus TST should be considered for undernutrition screening and diagnosis. PMID: 32618361 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: JPEN Journal Of Parenteral And Enteral Nutrition - July 2, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Pinto AC, Sousa AS, Amaral TF, Guerra RS Tags: JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr Source Type: research

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