Nutritional assessment: Predictive variables at hospital admission related with length of stay

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 394-398

  De Luis, Daniel A ^a,c   Izaola, Olatz ^a   Cuellar, Luis ^a   Terroba, Ma Concepcion ^a   Cabezas, Gloria ^a   Rojo, S ^a   Aller, Rocio ^b   Sagrado, M Gonzalez ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Length of stay; Nutritional assessment; Predictive variables

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLUCOSE; PREALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKINFOLD; SOLID TUMOR; STANDARDIZATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 33746804524     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094362     Document Type: Article

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