Characteristics and clinical course of patients referred to the NST.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

The nutrition support team (NST) comprises doctors, nutritionists, pharmacists, and nurses who provide intensive nutritional treatment designed for each patient by evaluating their nutritional status of hospitalized patients. This study aimed to identify the clinical characteristics of patients referred to the NST among those admitted to a tertiary hospital and to understand the factors affecting their clinical course and changes in pressure sore grades.

Methods

This study included 1,171 adult patients aged 18 years or older referred to the NST at a tertiary hospital in a metropolitan city between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2020. Patients were divided into five age groups, neuro department and non-neuro department, those treated in the intensive care

SUBMITTER: Bong JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9910213 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature