Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Sygnestveit, Kari"
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Inadequate nutritional care for malnourished patients in four university hospitals – The QuaNuT study
Ottestad, Inger; Thoresen, Lene; Tangvik, Randi Julie; Fjeldstad, Siv Hilde; Authen, Mina Marie; Følstad, Sandra; Gjønnes, Mari Welde; Hegrenes, Nicoline Aamot; Holm, Henriette; Olsen, Ina-Helen; Sætherbø, Ingvild; Hansson, Karl Patrik; Sygnestveit, Kari; Andreassen, Ronny; Mostad, Ingrid Løvold; Hermanrud, Silje; Lindemann, Kristina Yvonne Kathe; Høidalen, Anne; Paur, Ingvild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background & Aims: Adequate nutritional care to malnourished patients is described as a human right, and recommendations from nutritional care guidelines are legally binding in Norway. The primary objective of this study ... -
A positive association between nutritional risk and the incidence of surgical site infections: A hospital-based register study
Skeie, Eli; Koch, Anne Mette; Harthug, Stig; Fosse, Unni; Sygnestveit, Kari; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Tangvik, Randi Julie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05-15)Surgical site infections (SSI) are amongst the most common health care-associated infections and have adverse effects for patient health and for hospital resources. Although surgery guidelines recognize poor nutritional ... -
Prevalence of patients “at risk of malnutrition” and nutritional routines among surgical and non-surgical patients at a large university hospital during the years 2008–2018
Skeie, Eli; Sygnestveit, Kari; Nilsen, Roy M.; Harthug, Stig; Koch, Anne Mette; Tangvik, Randi Julie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background & aims: Being “at risk of malnutrition”, which includes both malnutrition and the risk to be so, is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in both surgical and non-surgical patients. Several strategies ...