Relationship between Mid-Upper Arm Circumference and Body Mass Index in Inpatients

INTRODUCTION: Nutritional screening is a fundamental aspect of the initial evaluation of the hospitalised patient. Body Mass Index (BMI) in association with other parameters is a good marker of malnutrition (<18.5 kg/m(2)), but it presents the handicap that the great majority of patients cannot b...

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Autores principales: Benítez Brito, Néstor, Suárez Llanos, José Pablo, Fuentes Ferrer, Manuel, Oliva García, Jose Gregorio, Delgado Brito, Irina, Pereyra-García Castro, Francisca, Caracena Castellanos, Nieves, Acevedo Rodríguez, Candelaria Xiomara, Palacio Abizanda, Enrique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4975446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27494612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160480

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4975446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27494612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160480

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