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Ekta Agarwal
Researcher at Bond University
Publications - 30
Citations - 1598
Ekta Agarwal is an academic researcher from Bond University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malnutrition & Acute care. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 29 publications receiving 1357 citations. Previous affiliations of Ekta Agarwal include Queensland University of Technology & University of Queensland.
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Malnutrition in the elderly: A narrative review
TL;DR: In this article, a range of simple and validated screening tools can be used to identify malnutrition in older adults, e.g. MST, MNA-SF and MUST, at diagnosis, admission to hospitals or care homes and during follow up at outpatient or General Practitioner clinics, at regular intervals depending on clinical status.
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Malnutrition and poor food intake are associated with prolonged hospital stay, frequent readmissions, and greater in-hospital mortality: Results from the Nutrition Care Day Survey 2010
Ekta Agarwal,Maree Ferguson,Maree Ferguson,Merrilyn Banks,Merrilyn Banks,Marijka Batterham,Judith Bauer,Sandra Capra,Elisabeth Isenring,Elisabeth Isenring +9 more
TL;DR: The ANCDS establishes that malnutrition and poor food intake are independently associated with in-hospital mortality in the Australian and New Zealand acute care setting.
Malnutrition and poor food intake are associated with prolonged hospital stay, frequent readmissions, and greater in-hospital mortality: Results from the Nutrition Care Day Survey 2010
Ekta Agarwal,Maree Ferguson,Maree Ferguson,Merrilyn Banks,Merrilyn Banks,Marijka Batterham,Judith Bauer,Sandra Capra,Elisabeth Isenring,Elisabeth Isenring +9 more
TL;DR: The Australasian Nutrition Care Day Survey (ANCDS) ascertained if malnutrition and poor food intake are independent risk factors for health-related outcomes in Australian and New Zealand hospital patients as mentioned in this paper.
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Nutritional status and dietary intake of acute care patients: Results from the nutrition care day survey 2010
Ekta Agarwal,Maree Ferguson,Merrilyn Banks,Judith Bauer,Sandra Capra,Elisabeth Isenring,Elisabeth Isenring +6 more
TL;DR: Malnutrition and sub-optimal food intake is prevalent in acute care patients across hospitals in Australia and New Zealand and warrants appropriate interventions.
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Nutrition care practices in hospital wards: results from the Nutrition Care Day Survey 2010
Ekta Agarwal,Maree Ferguson,Maree Ferguson,Merrilyn Banks,Merrilyn Banks,Marijka Batterham,Judith Bauer,Sandra Capra,Elizabeth Isenring,Elizabeth Isenring +9 more
TL;DR: A survey on nutrition care practices in Australian and New Zealand hospitals was completed by Directors of dietetics departments of 56 hospitals that participated in the Australasian Nutrition Care Day Survey 2010.