‘Mind the gap’: the importance of managing malnutrition in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
This article reviews the importance of screening for malnutrition when managing patients with COPD in line with the guidelines. Highlighting the consequences of nutrition, causes of malnutrition in COPD and the role of oral nutritional supplements.
'Mind the Gap': the importance of managing malnutrition in COPD
Authors: Alison Burton Shepherd and Karen Bowell (2019)