Do malnutrition and poor physical function predict poor prognosis in patients with heart failure?
Both malnutrition and poor physical function are predictors of poor prognosis in heart failure patients and should be routinely assessed.
Malnutrition and poor physical function had a weak correlation and factors associated while these values were different. Both predicted a poor prognosis and need to be assessed in patients with HF.
Abe et al. (Sat,) studied this question.
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