According to the NRS, 79.8% of patients had a moderate
to severe risk of malnutrition (NRS 0: 20.2%; NRS 1: 29.5%;
NRS 2: 30.1%; NRS 3: 13.3%; NRS 4: 1.7%; NRS 5: 5.2%).
Only 11% were acutely malnourished and 6.3% chronically
malnourished, while 13.3% were acutely and/or chronically
malnourished. Malnutition was most prevalent in surgical patients;
11 of 21 children were malnourished (Fisher’s exact test,
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