Using dietetic assistants to improve the outcome of hip fracture: A randomised controlled trial of nutritional support in an acute trauma ward

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-153

  Duncan, Donna Georgina ^a   Beck, Susan Janet ^a   Hood, Kerenza ^b   Johansen, Antony ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Dietetic assistants; Elderly; Hip fracture; Nutritional support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETITIAN; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING CARE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; DIETETICS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644967372     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afj011     Document Type: Article

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