Accuracy of nutritional assessment tools for predicting adverse hospital outcomes

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-62

  Beghetto, M G ^a,b,c   Luft, V C ^b   Mello, E D ^a   Polanczyk, C A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Rua Ramiro Barcelos 910 cj 905   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Inpatients; Malnutrition; Nutritional status; Risk assessment; Serum albumin

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERUM ALBUMIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 61849174350     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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