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This narrative review assesses the current prevalence of malnutrition, the methods for detection of malnutrition, the factors associated with malnutrition, and the effects of malnutrition in the acute care patients.A narrative review methodology was employed.CINAHL, Pub Med, and MEDLINE electronic databases were searched from 1996 to 2005, for English language articles. Search terms of malnutrition,...