Received Date: July 10, 2022 Accepted Date: July 24, 2022 Published Date: July 30, 2022

Abstract

Malnutrition is associated with worse prognosis, a higher risk of infections and complications, worse regeneration of wounds, longer hospitalization, the increase of the total costs of treatment and higher mortality rate. Therefore, early identification of patients suffering from malnutrition should be considered a priority and so should be the actions aiming at the prevention of this problem. One of the most popular
markers of malnutrition is lymphocyte concentrate. It is very cheap and routinely used