Low biochemical nutritional parameters in acutely ill hospitalized elderly patients with and without stage III to IV pressure ulcers

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 420-423

  Gengenbacher, Michael ^a   Stähelin, Hannes B ^a   Scholer, André ^a   Seiler, Walter O ^a  

^a Geriatrische Universitatsklinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Albumin; Elderly; Iron; Malnutrition; Pressure; Ulcer; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; ZINC;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAGING; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN; ZINC;

EID: 0038077330     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324471     Document Type: Article

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