More than 40% of patients with systemic sclerosis malnourished
As much as 43% of patients with systemic sclerosis are malnourished, while 33% demonstrate severe malnutrition, according to data from an Australian study published in Rheumatology. “People living with SSc are at risk for malnutrition from multiple different perspectives,” Jessica L. Fairley, MD, MPH, of the department of rheumatology at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne,