Estimation of protein loss from wound fluid in older patients with severe pressure ulcers

Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 890-895

  Iizaka, Shinji ^a   Sanada, Hiromi ^a   Nakagami, Gojiro ^a   Sekine, Rie ^b   Koyanagi, Hiroe ^b   Konya, Chizuko ^c   Sugama, Junko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Nutrition; Pressure ulcer; Protein requirement; Wound fluid

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NITROGEN INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN INTAKE; WOUND AREA; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND DEPTH; WOUND FLUID; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77955429675     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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