Management of Malnutrition in Hospitalization - Review

A. SILVESTER SUGIRTHA
Page No.8-14

Malnutrition in hospitalized patients heavily affects several clinical effects. The prevalence of malnutrition increases with age, comorbidities, and intensity of care in as much as 90% of old populations. However, malnutrition often remains under-diagnosed and undertreated within the health facility. As a consequence, an accurate screening to perceive patients at risk of malnutrition or malnourishment is determinant to tricky private dietary intervention. Numerous definitions of malnutrition had been proposed in the last years, affecting the real frequency of nutritional problems and the timing of intervention. Diagnosis of malnutrition needs a complete dietary evaluation, which is often tough to carry out at some stage in a health center. For this reason, various screening gear were proposed, allowing patients to be stratified in keeping with the chance of malnutrition. The existing overview targets to summarize the real evidence in phrases of prognosis, association with medical consequences, and control of malnutrition in a clinic placing.
Keywords: Malnutrition, Diagnosis of malnutrion, Management of malnutrition.