1. Influence of nutritional status on the hospital length of stay in patients with type 2 diabetes
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Juan José López Gómez, Daniel Antonio de Luis Román, Emilia Gómez Hoyos, Cristina Serrano Valles, Ana Ortola Buigues, Beatriz Torres Torres, Susana García Calvo, and Rebeca Jiménez Sahagún
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,030109 nutrition & dietetics ,business.industry ,Length of hospitalization ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Nutritional status ,Type 2 diabetes ,Anthropometry ,medicine.disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,Malnutrition ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,Diabetes mellitus ,medicine ,In patient ,business ,Body mass index - Abstract
Introduction In the hospitalized patient, Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) may result in a worse nutritional status due to its pathophysiology and dietary treatment. Objectives The aim of this study was to know if a hospitalized diabetic patient has a worse nutritional status, and to establish the influence of DM2 on the hospital length of stay in patients with malnutrition. Material and methods This was a transveral study from January 2014 to October 2016; 1017 patients were included who were assessed by the Endocrinology and Nutrition Department. The data collected included anthropometry, plasma albumin, delay in performing the nutrition interconsultation and hospital length of stay. Nutritional status was evaluated using the Mini Nutritional Assesment (MNA) questionnaire and the nutritional risk score (NRS). Results 24.4% of the patients were diabetic and 75.6% were not. Diabetic patients had a higher body mass index (BMI) [23.18 (20.78–25.99) kg/m2 vs. 22.31 (19.79–25.30) kg/m2, p Conclusions Diabetic patients have a worse nutritional status than non-diabetic patients. Diabetic patients with a poor nutritional status spend a longer period in hospital.
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- 2020