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ea0070aep289 | Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition | ECE2020

Association of nutritional support with in-hospital mortality in malnourished medical inpatients – a population-based cohort study

Kutz Alexander , Nina Kaegi-Braun , Marlena Mueller , Beat Mueller , Philipp Schuetz

Background: Malnutrition has been associated with increased adverse clinical outcomes and affects a considerable proportion of hospitalized medical patients. While recent evidence from clinical trials revealed a survival benefit from nutritional support, data from a large real-world population is still missing.Methods: In this population-based cohort study, using a Swiss administrative claims database from January 2012 to December 2017, we created a medi...