Nutritional risk score is not sensitive enough to predict weight loss in diseased elderly subjects

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 389-392

  Ritz, Patrick ^a,b,d   Prod'homme, F ^a   Berger, V ^c   Piquet, M ^a   Salle A ^a   Berrut, G ^a  

^a Department of Geriatrics ^*

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Centre Paul Papin de Lutte Contre le Cancer

^d ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Body weight changes; Frail elderly; Malnutrition; Nutritional risk score

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIRST; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BODY MASS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 38349115399     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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