Nutritional screening based on objective indices at admission predicts in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19

• Published in: Nutrition journal Vol. 20; no. 1; p. 46
• Main Authors: Song, Feier, Ma, Huan, Wang, Shouhong, Qin, Tiehe, Xu, Qing, Yuan, Huiqing, Li, Fei, Wang, Zhonghua, Liao, Youwan, Tan, Xiaoping, Song, Xiuchan, Zhang, Qing, Huang, Daozheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 25.05.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: biomarkers; China; Coronavirus; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 infection; death; disease severity; Food and nutrition; Hospital patients; Inflammation; Malnutrition; Medical examination; Mortality; Nutrition; Nutrition assessment; Nutrition monitoring; nutrition risk assessment; Nutritional status; Observational studies; Patients; Product/Service Evaluations; regression analysis; risk; therapeutics; China

Could nutritional status serve as prognostic factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? The present study evaluated the clinical and nutritional characteristics of COVID-19 patients and explored the relationship between risk for malnutrition at admission and in-hospital mortality. A retrospect...