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Nutritional Support and Outcomes in Malnourished Medical Inpatients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

JAMA Intern Med

January 2016

University Department of Medicine, Clinic for Endocrinology/Metabolism/Clinical Nutrition, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland2Medical Faculty of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Importance: During acute illness, nutritional therapy is widely used for medical inpatients with malnutrition or at risk for malnutrition. Yet, to our knowledge, no comprehensive trial has demonstrated that this approach is effective and beneficial for patients.

Objective: To assess the effects of nutritional support on outcomes of medical inpatients with malnutrition or at risk for malnutrition in a systematic review of randomized clinical trials (RCTs).

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