title: Nutritional evaluation of alcoholic inpatients admitted for alcohol detoxification.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess nutritional risk of alcoholic patients admitted for alcohol detoxification.
  
  
  METHODS
  Screening of nutritional risk of alcoholic patients using the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-three percentage patients at presentation were rated as being at medium or high risk of malnutrition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Malnutrition should be actively considered and screened for in alcoholic patients admitted for alcohol detoxification due to its high prevalence and benefits obtained from treatment.
authors.affiliation: Lisbon's Psychiatric Hospital Centre, Lisbon, Portugal. jteixeira2008@gmail.com
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mota
authors.forename: João Cabral
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fernandes
mesh_terms: D057229:Alcoholics; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000009:adverse effects; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D000431:Ethanol