Intake of Dietary Supplements and Malnutrition in Patients in Intensive Care Unit

Samadi M 1 , Zeinali F 2 , Habibi N 3 , Ghotbodin-Mohammadi S 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases Research Centre, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
  • 2 Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
  • 3 Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Int J Prev Med, 2016;7:90.
PMID: 27512556 DOI: 10.4103/2008-7802.186224

Abstract

Malnutrition is prevalent among patients hospitalized in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and causes various complications. Dietary supplementation to provide appropriate nutritional support may reduce the malnutrition and complications through improvement in nutritional status. This study was carried out to assess the association between dietary supplementation and malnutrition among patients in ICUs.

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