Nutritional considerations in institutionalized elders

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Labossiere, Reginald ^a   Bernard, Marie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Malnutrition; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; APPETITE STIMULANT; BILE ACID SEQUESTRANT; CIPROHEPTADINE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DRONABINOL; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDRALAZINE; ISONIAZID; MEGESTROL ACETATE; MINERAL OIL; MIRTAZAPINE; OXANDROLONE; PHENYTOIN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; THALIDOMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTHRALGIA; BODY WEIGHT; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG TOXICITY; EDEMA; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; FEEDING; FLUID RETENTION; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; INCREASE VITAMIN B 6 REQUIREMENT; INCREASE VITAMIN D REQUIREMENT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUTH CAVITY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NURSING HOME; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SIDE EFFECT; TASTE DISORDER; TERATOGENESIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 37349089369     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e3282f323e0     Document Type: Review

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