Protein-energy undernutrition and life-threatening complications among the hospitalized elderly

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 923-932

  Sullivan, Dennis H ^a,b   Bopp, Melinda M ^b   Roberson, Paula K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Elderly; Health status; Hospitalized; Nutritional status; Outcome assessment; Protein energy malnutrition; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; PREALBUMIN;

AGED; AGING; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HYPERTENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036460451     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.10930.x     Document Type: Article

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