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Success Stories
June 4, 2014 - Health Care Professional
A Registered Dietitian's Perspective
My story is from a Registered Dietitian perspective. Patient X is transferred to an acute medical ward after a long stay in ICU. He is young and alert but has developed a severe sacral wound and is unable to walk due to severe deconditioning. He has very few visitors who…
June 1, 2014 - Health Care Professional
A Case of Malnutrition in Hospials
A patient in her late 80s was admitted to hospital with pneumonia. She had no history of dementia, lived alone and was highly functional prior to admission. The patient was very engaging and "full of spirit" during her first week of admission until she was put in isolation, when, as…