Strategies to ensure continuity of nutritional care in patients with COVID-19 infection on discharge from hospital: A rapid review.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

The risk of malnutrition in people with COVID-19 is high; prevalence is reported as 37% in general medical inpatients, 53% in elderly inpatients and 67% in ICU. Thus, nutrition is a crucial element of assessment and treatment. This rapid review aimed to evaluate what evidence is available to inform evidence-based decision making on the nutritional care of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 infection.

Methods

Cochrane Rapid Reviews guidance was followed; the protocol was registered (CRD42020208448). Studies were selected that included patients with COVID-19, pneumonia, respiratory distress syndrome and acute respiratory failure, in hospital or the community, and which examined nutritional support. All types of studies were eligible for inclusion except non-

SUBMITTER: Latif J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8603263 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature