Nutritional Management of Medical Inpatients
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Today’s Clinical Evidence Level
3. Nutritional Therapy
3.1. Organization of Nutritional Support
3.2. Screening and Assessment
3.3. Nutritional Targets
3.3.1. Energy
3.3.2. Proteins
3.3.3. Micronutrients
3.4. Nutritional Route
3.5. Nutrition for Specific Medical Conditions
3.6. Timing
3.7. Monitoring
4. Barriers to the Adequate Provision of Nutritional Support
5. Conclusions and Outlook
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Country | Number of Participating Centers | Percentage of Hospitals with NST Present on Site | Percentage of Screening at Hospital Admission |
---|---|---|---|
Australia | 1 | 100 | 100 |
Austria | 4 | 100 | 45.5 |
Belgium | 52 | 88 | 77.3 |
Brazil | 12 | 100 | 80.0 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 66.7 | 0 |
China | 9 | 100 | 56.5 |
Colombia | 35 | 69.1 | 56.6 |
Croatia | 3 | 55.6 | 20.0 |
Germany | 36 | 60.9 | 49.5 |
Greece | 3 | 100 | 0 |
India | 13 | 7.7 | 50.1 |
Japan | 9 | 100 | 50 |
Netherlands | 1 | 100 | 0 |
Poland | 4 | 0 | 60 |
Portugal | 4 | 100 | 66.7 |
Singapore | 1 | 0 | 82.6 |
Spain | 5 | 100 | 50.0 |
Sweden | 2 | 100 | 100 |
Switzerland | 1 | 66.7 | 16.7 |
Thailand | 1 | 100 | 66.7 |
United States of America | 16 | 62.5 | 96.0 |
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Reber, E.; Gomes, F.; Bally, L.; Schuetz, P.; Stanga, Z. Nutritional Management of Medical Inpatients. J. Clin. Med. 2019, 8, 1130. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8081130
Reber E, Gomes F, Bally L, Schuetz P, Stanga Z. Nutritional Management of Medical Inpatients. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2019; 8(8):1130. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8081130
Chicago/Turabian StyleReber, Emilie, Filomena Gomes, Lia Bally, Philipp Schuetz, and Zeno Stanga. 2019. "Nutritional Management of Medical Inpatients" Journal of Clinical Medicine 8, no. 8: 1130. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8081130