Can prescription of sip-feed supplements increase energy intake in hospitalised older people with medical problems?

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 425-429

  Roberts, Marget ^a   Potter, Jan ^a   McColl, John ^b   Reilly, John ^b  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Older people; Oral sip feed supplements; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0041560973     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2003898     Document Type: Article

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