Karnosfsky index as a mortality predicting factor in patients on home-based enteral nutrition;Elíndice de Karnofsky como predictor de mortalidad en pacientes con nutrición enteral domiciliaria

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-160

  Puiggros C ^a   Lecha, M ^a   Rodriguez T ^a   Perez Portabella C ^a   Planas, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Home enteral nutrition; Karnofsky Index; Mortality rate; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TUBE FEEDING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849099616     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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