Nutrition status and risk factors associated with length of hospital stay for surgical patients

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-248

  Aparecida Leandro Merhi, Vânia ^a,c   Braga De Aquino, José Luiz ^b   Sales Chagas, José Francisco ^b  

^a School of Nutrition   (Brazil)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology School of Medicine Universida de Estadual de Campinas   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

length of hospital stay; malnutrition; multiple regression model; nutrition status; risk factors; surgical patients

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SURGICAL PATIENT; VASCULAR DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79954585163     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607110374477     Document Type: Article

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