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Subjective Global Assessment in the Clinical Setting

Fernando Baccaro, MD, Jose Balza Moreno, MD, Cecilia Borlenghi, Leonardo Aquino, MD, Graciela Armesto, MD, Gabriel Plaza, MD and Sandra Zapata, MD

From the Servicio de Clínica Medica, Complejo Medico-Policial "Churruca-Visca," Buenos Aires, Argentina

Correspondence: Fernando G. Baccaro, MD, Servicio De Clínica Medica, Complejo Medico-Policial "Churruca-Visca," Arenales 2896 Pb (1425), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic mail may be sent to fbaccaro{at}2vias.com.ar.

Background: Our goal was nutrition assessment in hospitalized patients of an internal medicine service. Methods: Ours was a longitudinal, prospective, and observational study. Four hundred twelve patients participated in this study using the Subjective Global Assessment (SGA). We used {chi}2 for univariate and logistic regression. Results: Of 412 patients, 47.6% presented with malnutrition: 38.8% with moderate malnutrition (group B), and 8.58% with severe malnutrition (group C). Malnutrition was related to male patients older than 65 years, oncologic and infectious diseases, and length of hospitalization. Conclusions: Malnutrition incidence in an internal medical service is high. There is remarkable lack of interest in hospitalized patients' nutrition state. Results show similarities to other studies from Latin America.

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 31, No. 5, 406-409 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0148607107031005406
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