Prognostic value of the ESPEN consensus and guidelines for malnutrition: prediction of post-discharge clinical outcomes in older inpatients

Dolores Sánchez-Rodríguez , Cédric Annweiler (1) , Natalia Ronquillo-Moreno , Olga Vázquez-Ibar , Ferran Escalada , Xavier Duran , Josep Muniesa , Ester Marco

1 LPPL - Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire

Our study aimed to determine whether malnutrition and nutrition-related conditions using the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) consensus were associated with functional status, institutionalization, readmissions, and mortality in older patients at 3-month follow-up.

Keywords: ESPEN; Older people; Malnutrition

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Geriatry and gerontology

Dolores Sánchez-Rodríguez, Cédric Annweiler, Natalia Ronquillo-Moreno, Olga Vázquez-Ibar, Ferran Escalada, et al.. Prognostic value of the ESPEN consensus and guidelines for malnutrition: prediction of post-discharge clinical outcomes in older inpatients. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2019, 34 (2), pp.304-312. ⟨10.1002/ncp.10088⟩. ⟨hal-03330696⟩