An approach to the diagnosis of unintentional weight loss in older adults, part one: Prevalence rates and screening

Geriatrics and Aging

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 679-685

  Smith, Karen L ^a   Greenwood, Carol ^a   Payette, Helene ^b   Alibhai, Shabbir M H ^c  

^a Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Mortality; Older adults; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ALLOPURINOL; AMANTADINE; AMPHETAMINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ATOVAQUONE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; COCAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; GOLD; IRON; LEVODOPA; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; METFORMIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; POTASSIUM; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSGEUSIA; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RISK; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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