INSUFFICIENT CALORIC INTAKE IS ASSOCIATED WITH POOR QUALITY OF LIFE AND READMISSION BURDEN POST-DISCHARGE IN OLDER PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE

Abstract

Few studies have described dietary deficiencies in older patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF). We hypothesized that insufficient caloric intake (iCI) would predict poorer post-discharge quality of life (QOL) and greater readmission burden in HF. The GOURMET-HF study randomized HF inpatients