Objectives: To estimate the current frequency of malnutrition among patients admitted to Ecuadorian public hospitals. Hospital malnutrition might influence the quality of medical assistance provided to hospitalized populations. There are no estimates of the size of this problem in Ecuadorian hospitals. Rationale: Hospital malnutrition is a global health problem affecting 30-50% of hospitalized patients. *The composition of the Ecuatorian Group for the Study of Hospital Malnutrition is presented in the Annex to this document. Cuban Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. Sylvia Gallegos Espinosa 1, Marcelo Nicolalde Cifuentes 1 and Sergio Santana Porbén 2 for the Ecuadorian Group for the Study of Hospital Malnutrition*ġ School of Nutrition and Dietetics. State of malnutrition in hospitals of EcuadorĮstado de la desnutrición en los hospitales del Ecuador
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