title: Subjective global assessment in the clinical setting.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Our goal was nutrition assessment in hospitalized patients of an internal medicine service.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ours was a longitudinal, prospective, and observational study. Four hundred twelve patients participated in this study using the Subjective Global Assessment (SGA). We used chi(2) for univariate and logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 412 patients, 47.6% presented with malnutrition: 38.8% with moderate malnutrition (group B), and 8.58% with severe malnutrition (group C). Malnutrition was related to male patients older than 65 years, oncologic and infectious diseases, and length of hospitalization.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Malnutrition incidence in an internal medical service is high. There is remarkable lack of interest in hospitalized patients' nutrition state. Results show similarities to other studies from Latin America.
authors: Servicio de Clínica Medica, Complejo Medico-Policial Churruca-Visca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. fbaccaro@2vias.com.ar
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Baccaro
authors: Jose Balza
authors: JB
authors: Moreno
authors: Cecilia
authors: C
authors: Borlenghi
authors: Leonardo
authors: L
authors: Aquino
authors: Graciela
authors: G
authors: Armesto
authors: Gabriel
authors: G
authors: Plaza
authors: Sandra
authors: S
authors: Zapata
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications*; D007902:Length of Stay; D016015:Logistic Models; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors