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Malnutrition in patients admitted to the medical wards of the Douala General Hospital: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is common in acutely ill patients occurring in 30–50% of hospitalized patients. Awareness and screening for malnutrition is lacking in most health institutions in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed at screening for malnutrition using anthropometric and laboratory indices i...

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Autores principales:	Luma, Henry Namme, Eloumou, Servais Albert Fiacre Bagnaka, Mboligong, Franklin Ngu, Temfack, Elvis, Donfack, Olivier-Tresor, Doualla, Marie-Solange
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496176/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28673364 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2592-y

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