RT Book, Section A1 Bedi, Nicole M. A1 Robinson, Malcolm K. A2 McKean, Sylvia C. A2 Ross, John J. A2 Dressler, Daniel D. A2 Brotman, Daniel J. A2 Ginsberg, Jeffrey S. SR Print(0) ID 56194764 T1 Chapter 54. Nutrition and Metabolic Support T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine YR 2012 FD 2012 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-160389-8 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56194764 RD 2024/03/28 AB The importance of providing adequate nutrition as an adjunct to medical care was identified as early as the era of Hippocrates. Today, it is known that malnutrition is associated with increased infection rates, longer hospital length of stay, and increased hospital costs. Not surprisingly, malnutrition is also associated with increased mortality. For example, Correia and Waitzberg demonstrated that malnutrition is an independent predictor of mortality, morbidity and hospital expense after controlling for patient age and disease severity. Hence, it is imperative that the nutritional statuses of all patients be assessed throughout their hospitalizations in order to develop appropriate nutritional plans. This could potentially improve outcomes.