Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Altered nutritional status is a problem in itself that can complicate a patient’s disease. In our hospital, the assessment of nutritional status at hospital admission is protocolized and performed by the Clinical Laboratory automatically, through the CONUT system, for three years ago. Our hospital provides assistance to a population of 120,000 patients, from rural areas and with a high average age. Hospital admissions for cognitive impairment are increasing ...