Enteral nutrition in nursing home residents: A 5-Year (2001-2005) epidemiological analysis

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 635-641

  Morello, Michela ^a   Marcon, Maria L ^a   Laviano, Alessandro ^b   Giometto, Marta ^a   Baruffi, Carla ^a   Zulian, Elisa ^a   Cenerelli, Paolo ^a   Faronato, Pierpaolo ^a   Tessarin, Michele ^a   Conte, Amos ^a   Paccagnella, Agostino ^a  

^a Treviso Healthcare Authority   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition; Long term care; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; ITALY; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBE FEEDING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NURSING HOMES; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 74549197718     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533609342439     Document Type: Article

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