Assessment of Nutritional Risks in COVID-19 Patients
نویسندگان
1 Department of Psychiatry, Roozbeh Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jimc.v4i4.8485چکیده
Since the announcement of the COVID-19 pandemic by the world health organization, various issues concerning COVID-19 patients have been analyzed. However, some simple issues like exercise (1) and nutrition support in COVID-19 patients are yet to be discussed. It has been revealed that malnutrition is associated with the poor prognosis of critically ill patients (2). According to the early evidence from China (3), the prevalence of malnutrition in COVID-19 patients was 52.7%, accounting for more than half of the patients. Also, the high prevalence of malnutrition among COVID-19 patients supports the idea that malnutrition is a frequent problem among them and can be considered a prognostic factor (4,5).
