Edwards S L
University of Hertfordshire, Department of Nursing and Paramedic Science, Hatfield.
Br J Nurs. 1998;7(16):954-8, 971-4. doi: 10.12968/bjon.1998.7.16.5608.
This article provides a comprehensive overview of malnutrition in hospital patients. It explores the issues surrounding nutrition and investigates factors that contribute to the malnutrition seen in patients within the community and to the malnutrition that develops while patients are in hospital. It proposes that although patients are at risk of malnutrition in the community, malnutrition can develop while the patient is in hospital, as the result of changes in diet, nutrition not being seen as a high priority, common hospital practices, and lack of knowledge of patients' previous nutritional state.
本文全面概述了住院患者的营养不良问题。它探讨了围绕营养的诸多问题，并调查了导致社区患者出现营养不良以及患者住院期间发生营养不良的因素。文章提出，尽管患者在社区中就有营养不良的风险，但由于饮食变化、营养未被视为高度优先事项、常见的医院诊疗行为以及对患者既往营养状况缺乏了解，营养不良仍可能在患者住院期间出现。
