For many people who already have had a decline in muscle mass associated
with #aging, the addition of disease or injury leads to further loss of lean
body mass and decline in functional abilities.
Up to 50% of hospitalized patients are at risk for or already have
malnutrition, but only 7% actually receive a #diagnosis during their hospital
stay, according to an article in #Clinical Interventions in #Aging and the
Agency for #Healthcare #Research and Quality. #Malnutrition diagnoses can
significantly impact #Medicare reimbursement and the case mix index for a
facility. Patients who are malnourished may not only have longer lengths of
stay of up to four to six days, but also hospital costs twice as high for
patients with malnutrition, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
malnutrition also can lead to:
Ø An
increased risk of adverse events and complications
Ø
A 54% higher likelihood of #hospital 30-day
readmission
Ø Up to
5 times more likely to die in the hospital than a non-malnourished patient
It was difficult to diagnose malnutrition in the past as there were no
widely accepted characteristics that clinicians could use to classify this
condition consistently throughout all care settings.
Inspiring #Keynote #lectures, Register
for the scientific sessions @ #AdvancedNursing2019 #Conference during March 13-14,
2019 at #Singapore &kindly submit #abstract for #Oral/#poster
#clinicalnursing #Advancednursing #Nursingcare #Nursingeducation
#nursing #Nurse #practitioner #registerednurse #nursingresearch
For more information regarding the sessions in #Advanced Nursing 2019
conference during March
13-14, 2019 @Singapore, email: nursingconf@nursingmeet.com
PS: https://nursing.nursingmeetings.com/
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