Nutrition experts are urging providers to screen all COVID-19 patients for malnutrition, based on recent data showing that infected patients’ mortality rates spike significantly in the presence of suboptimal feeding.
The interplay between COVID-19 and nutrition shouldn’t come as a surprise, Leah Gramlich, MD, FRCP, a nutrition specialist with Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, noted during a recent webinar hosted by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral