EVALUATION OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT & IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH MALNUTRITION

Dr. Nina Kaegi-Braun was born in Switzerland and studied Medicine at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She is currently a resident in the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition at the Kantonsspital Aarau in Switzerland. She has a special interest in clinical nutrition and is part of the research team of Prof. Dr. Philipp Schuetz, who was the principal investigator of the EFFORT trial. This is the largest-yet randomized-controlled trial looking at clinical effects of nutritional support in malnourished medical ward patients and has just been published in the Lancet recently.