Abstract

the importance of nutrition is not emphasized in the teaching of medical students and is still largely unrecognized in hospital practice. The article, "Association of Malnutrition with Nosocomial Infection," by Gorse et al (pp 194-203) illustrates once again that it is the malnourished patient who is most likely to experience nosocomial pneumonia, urinary tract infection, wound infection, and bacteremia. Although the association of infection and nosocomial infection in this

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