Table 3 Prevalence of malnutrition as ward typea
From: A multi-centre survey on hospital malnutrition: result of PNSI study
Ward type | Malnutrition (n, %) |
|---|---|
General internal | 131 (36.32%) |
Ophthalmology | 1 (2.51%) |
Otorhinolaryngology | 9 (13.77%) |
Heart | 28 (19.53%) |
Glands | 9 (10.21%) |
Hematology | 12 (50.00%) |
Neurosurgery | 19 (28.35%) |
Heart Surgery | 22 (57.84%) |
General Surgery | 78 (16.42%) |
Vascular surgery | 3 (4.71%) |
Liver and Digestive | 34 (38.25%) |
Renal | 25 (20.6%) |
Nerves | 47 (25.17%) |
Poisoning | 1 (14.19%) |
Infectious | 19 (26.34%) |
Skin | 2 (33.32%) |
Lung | 18 (33.91%) |
Rheumatology | 5 (26.26%) |
Cancer | 5 (35.74) |
Burns | 7 (77.70%) |
Gynecology | 6 (10.32%) |