Protein-calorie malnutrition and lymphocytopenia as predictors of hospital infection in the elderly;Malnutrición caloricoproteica y linfocitopenia como predictores de infección hospitalaria en ancianos

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 446-450

  Martí, Joan ^a   Armadans, Luis ^b   Vaqué, José ^b   Segura, Ferran ^a   Schwartz, Simó ^b  

^a Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ederly; Hospital acquired infections; Lymphocytopenia; Protein calorie malnutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RISK;

AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION;

EID: 0035978173     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(01)71865-9     Document Type: Article

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