Should oral nutritional supplementation be given to undernourished older people upon hospital discharge?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2239-2245

  McMurdo, Marion E T ^a   Price, Rosemary J G ^a   Shields, Melanie ^b   Potter, Jan ^c   Stott, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control; Disability; Muscle; Nutrition; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 71549120387     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02568.x     Document Type: Article

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