Tube feeding in the demented elderly with severe disabilities

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 870-874

  Jaul, Efraim ^a,e   Singer, Pierre ^c,d   Calderon Margalit, Ronit ^b  

^a HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Demented elderly patients; Severe disabilities; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN INTAKE; SURVIVAL; TUBE FEEDING; ULCER HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DISABLED PERSONS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845868487     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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