Clinical impact of disease-related malnutrition and fluid overload assessment via bioimpedance vector analysis in hospitalized patients.

Background: This cohort study assessed the effect of disease-related malnutrition (DRM) and fluid overload (FO) evaluated by bioimpedance vector analysis (BIVA) on mortality among hospitalized patients.

Methods: We examined adult patients hospitalized in an internal medicine ward. The malnutrition risk was assessed using the NRS2002 questionnaire, and body composition was estimated via BIVA.