Is undernutrition risk associated with an adverse clinical outcome in spinal cord-injured patients admitted to a spinal centre?

S Wong; F Derry; A Jamous; S P Hirani; A Forbes

doi:10.1038/ejcn.2013.238

Is undernutrition risk associated with an adverse clinical outcome in spinal cord-injured patients admitted to a spinal centre?

S Wong, F Derry, A Jamous, S P Hirani, A Forbes

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Abstract

To evaluate whether undernutrition risk measured using the Spinal Nutrition Screening Tool (SNST) and the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) is associated with worse clinical outcomes in respect of length of in-patient hospital stay (LOS) and mortality in the 12 months after admission to a spinal cord injuries (SCIs) centre.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	125-30
Number of pages	6
Journal	European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume	68
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2013.238
Publication status	Published - Jan 2014

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