Malnutrition and nutritional therapy in patients with SARS-CoV-2 disease.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

The prevalence of malnutrition and the provided nutritional therapy were evaluated in all the patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) hospitalized in a 3rd level hospital in Italy.

Methods

A one-day audit was carried out recording: age, measured or estimated body weight (BW) and height, body mass index (BMI, kg/m²), 30-day weight loss (WL), comorbidities, serum albumin and C-reactive protein (CRP: nv < 0.5 mg/dL), hospital diet (HD) intake, oral nutritional supplements (ONS), enteral (EN) and parenteral nutrition (PN). Modified NRS-2002 tool and GLIM criteria were used for nutritional risk screening and for the diagnosis of malnutrition, respectively.

Results

A total of 268 patients was evaluated; intermediate care units (IMCUs, 61%), sub-in

SUBMITTER: Pironi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7450234 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature