Poor nutritional habits are predictors of poor outcome in very old hospitalized patients

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 784-791

  Kagansky, Nadya ^a   Berner, Yitshal ^b,c   Koren Morag, Nira ^c   Perelman, Luiza ^a   Knobler, Hilla ^a   Levy, Shmuel ^a  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hospitalization; Mini nutritional assessment; Nutritional habits

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; PHOSPHORUS; TRANSFERRIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744606050     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/82.4.784     Document Type: Article

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