Nutrition is an essential part of recovering and maintaining the health of patients in the hospital environment. In hospital settings, nutritional support is often required for patients who face difficulties in consuming food in the conventional way, either due to clinical conditions that prevent oral intake or specific nutritional needs that cannot be met by oral feeding alone.Thus, specialized diets, nutritional supplements and enteral or parenteral nutrition therapies are used to meet these needs, contributing to adequate nutrient intake. In addition, nutritional support can contribute to the recovery and maintenance of nutritional status and, consequently, reduce length of stay and hospital costs, directly impacting on patients' recovery and quality of life.Bibliographical referencesTHIBAULT, Ronan et al. ESPEN guideline on hospital nutrition. Clinical Nutrition, v. 40, n. 12, p. 5684-5709, 2020.KAEGI-BRAUN, N. et al. Evaluation of nutritional support and in-hospital mortality in patients with malnutrition. JAMA Netw Open, v. 4, n. 1, art. e2033433, Jan. 4, 2021. PMID: 33471118; PMCID:
