Outcomes of continuous process improvement of a nutritional care program incorporating TTR measurement

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1355-1359

  Mears, Elia ^a  

^a Leonard Chabert Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Assessment; Clinical pathway; Continuous quality improvement; Cost containment; Economic implications; Length of stay; Positive outcomes; Protein calorie malnutrition; Protein energy malnutrition; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PREALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISCERA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION;

EID: 0036910470     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2002.234     Document Type: Review

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