Abstract:Prevalence of malnutrition, nutritional risk and implementation rate of nutritional therapy were compared between patients in surgical wards and those in internal medicine wards. Results: A total of 1278 patients were in the final analysis. Among them, 551 patients were in surgical wards (the surgical group) and 727 patients were in internal medicine wards (the internal group). Compared to the internal group, the prevalence of nutritional risk was significantly lower in the surgical group (27.22% vs. 39.48%, p… Show more
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