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Malnutrition and Hospital Prognosis in the Alcoholic Patient

Richard Bienia, M.D., M.P.H.

Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Hampton, Virginia, Department of Medicine of the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia

Sandra Ratcliff, M.S., R.D.

Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Hampton, Virginia, Department of Medicine of the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia

Galen L. Barbour, M.D.

Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Hampton, Virginia, Department of Medicine of the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia

Mary Kummer, M.S., R.D.

Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Hampton, Virginia, Department of Medicine of the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia

The nutritional status of 65 alcoholic patients admitted to the Medical Service of a Veterans Administration Hospital was evaluated and compared to that of 87 nonalcoholic patients admitted during the same period of time. There was no statistical difference in the prevalence of malnutrition in the alcoholic population (36.9%) when compared to the nonalcoholic population (43.7%).

The death rate and incidence of infection were similar in both populations as was the prevalence of anemia, depressed total lymphocyte count, and skin test anergy. Malnutrition, however, correlated with an increased death rate and incidence of infection, regardless of whether the patient was an alcoholic or not.

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 6, No. 4, 301-303 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/0148607182006004301
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