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- 2019
Identifying Critically Ill Patients at Risk of Malnutrition and Underfeeding: A Prospective Study at an Academic HospitalKeywords: Food intake, Malnutrition, Intensive care unit, Nutritional decline Abstract: Purpose: Malnutrition is highly prevalent in critically ill patients and is associated with the increased healthcare-related cost and poor patient outcomes. Identifying the factors associated with undernutrition may assist nutritional care. Therefore, this study was designed to identify factors associated with malnutrition and inadequate energy intake to improve nutritional support in intensive care unit (ICU)
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