Nutritional status and nosocomial infections among adult elective surgery patients in a Mexican tertiary care hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Controversy exists as to whether obesity constitutes a risk-factor or a protective-factor for the development of nosocomial Infection (NI). According to the obesity-paradox, there is evidence that moderate obesity is a protective-factor. In Mexico few studies have focused on the nutritional status (NS) distribution in the hospital setting.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to estimate the distribution of NS and the prevalence of nosocomial infection NI among adult elective surgery (ES) patients and to compare the clinical and anthropometric characteristics and length of stays (LOS) between obese and non-obese patients and between patients with and without NI.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study with a sample (n = 82) adult ES patients (21-59 yea

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Garcia J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4372354 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature