Nutritional support and functional status in undernourished geriatric patients during hospitalization and 6-month follow-up

Aging

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 386-395

  Volkert, D ^a   Hubsch S ^a   Oster, P ^a   Schlierf, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional status; Geriatric patients; Nutritional support; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030470488     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339600     Document Type: Article

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