Submitted by MARCIA ROVADOSCHI (marciar@unifra.br) on 2018-08-21T13:33:07Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_SibilaReckDeJesus.pdf: 1887111 bytes, checksum: bfbd1ef042c56b8d3b01f5b9be8299e5 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-21T13:33:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_SibilaReckDeJesus.pdf: 1887111 bytes, checksum: bfbd1ef042c56b8d3b01f5b9be8299e5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-22 Introduction: Anemia and malnutrition have shown high prevalence in hospitalized patients in Brazil and abroad; therefore, it brings along serious consequences. The aim of the present study is to assess factors associated with anemia and malnutrition in hospitalized patients with exclusive enteral nutrition. Methodology: Data were collected in August 2016 at Santa Maria University Hospital, RS. The sample consisted of hospitalized individuals with exclusive enteral nutrition under at least 7-day follow up and at most 14-day hospitalization. Nutritional evaluation was performed and consisted of dietetics, anthropometric, biochemical examinations in hospital; iron, zinc, copper and vitamin C plasma levels. Three articles addressed the topic, one integrative review about the effects of intermittent and continuous enteral nutrition therapy on muscle mass gain; one cross-sectional article associating anemia and malnutrition in patients with exclusive enteral nutrition; and one longitudinal article evaluating the influence of enteral nutrition therapy on the nutritional status of hospitalized patients. A bibliographic search was carried out in the databases. ANOVA and Duncan's post hoc were conducted to assess the transversal article. The analysis of variance with repeated measures (ANOVA) and the Spearman correlation were applied to study the longitudinal study. Results: Based of the review on few studies mainly involving animals, the intermittent administration method may be the most recommended for muscle mass gain. The cross-sectional study showed that the patients were hospitalized due to anemia and malnutrition according to BMI and to protein depletion according to serum albumin. There was statistically significant correlation between low weight according to BMI and AMB (R = 0.74, p