Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index: A new index for evaluating at-risk elderly medical patients

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 777-783

  Bouillanne, Olivier ^a,b,c   Morineau, Gilles ^a   Dupant, Claire ^a   Coulombel, Isabelle ^a   Vincent, Jean Pierre ^a   Nicolis, Ioannis ^b   Benazeth, Simone ^b   Cynober, Luc ^b,c   Aussel, Christian ^a,b  

^a Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Albumin; Body mass index; Elderly; Malnutrition; Nutritional Risk Index; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; PREALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; ELDERLY CARE; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAROTITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPTICEMIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 27744522660     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/82.4.777     Document Type: Article

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