This study is based on the change in weight of hospitalized patients knowing that the diagnosis of malnutrition based on the presence of at least one clinical or laboratory test which anthropometric measures (Evaluation of diagnostic protein energy malnutrition in hospitalized adults ANAES , Guidelines Department, September 2003; HAS Strategy supported in cases of wasting energy and protein in the elderly April 2007). The goal of this study is to find the correlation between hospitalization and weight loss, significant risk factors for malnutrition in a situation of community-acquired pneumonia infection.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
188
University Hospital Grenoble
Grenoble, France
RECRUITINGWeight history
The weight of the patient, and weight's history.
Time frame: Few minutes
Standard biology
C-reactive protein, Albumine, Transthyretin, Oxygen
Time frame: Few hours
Severity of pneumonia
Fine's score or CURB 65
Time frame: Few minutes
The functional status
ADL score ; activities daily living
Time frame: Few minutes
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