Feasible use of estimated height for predicting outcome by the geriatric nutritional risk index in long-term care resident elderly

Gerontology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 184-186

  Cereda, Emanuele ^a   Limonta, Daniela ^a   Pusani, Chiara ^a   Vanotti, Alfredo ^a  

^a ASL Como   (Italy)

Author keywords

Estimated height; Geriatric nutritional risk index; Knee height; Nutritional assessment; Standing height

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; GERIATRIC NUTRITIONAL RISK INDEX; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34250688711     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099468     Document Type: Article

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