Evaluation of the Benefits of Enteral Nutrition in Long-Term Care Elderly Patients

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 657-662

  Arinzon, Zeev ^a,c   Peisakh, Alexander ^d   Berner, Yitshal N ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Frieda Schiff Warburg Geriatric Ctr   (Israel)

^d Siach Sod Rehabilitation Center for Children With Special Needs   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; enteral feeding; long term care; nasogastric tube; percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; TRANSFERRIN; UREA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; ELDERLY CARE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RATING SCALE; SURVIVAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 55049099529     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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