Nutritional screening of patients undergoing surgery or oncological treatment in four Croatian hospitals

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-187

  Juretić, Antonio ^a,b,h   Vegar, Vesna ^b   Predrijevac, Davorka ^b   Pavlica, Vesna ^a   Došen, Danijel ^a   Šuštić, Alan ^c   Perić, Mladen ^d   Teskera, Dubravka ^e   Valentini, Luzia ^f   Schimetta, Wolfgang ^g  

^a University Hospital for Tumors   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^d SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^e Repr Off Fresenius Kabi in Croatia   (Croatia)

^f Scientific Service Center   (Austria)

^g JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^h KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Deficiency diseases; Nutritional status; Patients; Perioperative care; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; UREA;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROATIA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROATIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 2642539081     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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