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Rationale: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, various symptoms that affect negatively the nutritional status have been reported It is essential to identify the clinical predictors, including nutritional profile and prognostic of the disease to enable the correct treatment The aim of this study is to investigate the nutritional profile and digestive symptoms (GIT) of COVID-19 patients in a private hospital in Brazil Methods: We enrolled adult patients (≥18 years) who were hospitalized with diagnosis of COVID-19 by RT-PCR [SRM1] for SARS-CoV-2 fom March to April, 2020 We analyzed the chronic comorbidities, GIT symptoms, nutritional status and use of probiotic and hypercaloric and/or hyperproteic nutritional supplementation of all patients Nutritional screening was accessed by Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 tool and the diagnosis of malnutrition by the global scale proposed by the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition Results: Weincluded 110 patients with a mean age of 55± 16 years The sample was composed of 66 (60%) men The most reported chronic conditions were hypertension (30%) and diabetes mellitus (21%) Within 24 hours after admission 6 4% patients were screened under nutritional risk of which only one was diagnosed as severe malnutrition At the last nutritional evaluation, the number of patients under nutritional risk increased to 14 6%, with one diagnosed as severe malnutrition and one as moderate We found that 60 9% of patients reported lack of appetite, 13 7% diarrhea and 4 6% vomit As for the nutritional supplementation and use of probiotic, 24 6% and 7 3% of the patients, respectively, tried this strategy Conclusion: We found that digestive symptoms and poor nutritional status are common in patients with COVID-19 Thereby, an early and accurate evaluation of nutritional status and the GIT symptoms in COVID-19 patients can be an important step to the correct clinical management Disclosure of Interest: None declared
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