Limits and relevance of the laboratory diagnosis of malnutrition in the elderly;Grenzen und bedeutung der labordiagnostik bei mangelernährung im alter

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 156, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 142-148

  Lapin, Alexander ^a  

^a Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund   (Austria)

Author keywords

Catabolism; Multimorbidity; Nutrition markers; Physiological reserves; Preanalytics; Prognosis; Reverse T3; Trace elements; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

3,3',5' TRIIODOTHYRONINE; ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLINESTERASE; CYTOKINE; LIOTHYRONINE; OROSOMUCOID; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

AGED; AGING; CATABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALNUTRITION; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NITROGEN BALANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW;

AGED; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL; COMORBIDITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; NITROGEN; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE, REVERSE; VITAMINS;

EID: 33645963977     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-006-0268-7     Document Type: Review

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