Nutritional status of patients who have fallen in an acute care setting

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 558-564

  Bauer, Judith D ^a,b   Isenring, E ^c   Torma, J ^b   Horsley, P ^b   Martineau, J ^b  

^a Wesley Research Institute   (Australia)

^b WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Falls; Malnutrition; Nutritional status; Subjective global assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 36348982210     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2007.00832.x     Document Type: Article

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