Nutritional screening and mortality in newly institutionalised elderly: A comparison between the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index and the Mini Nutritional Assessment

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 793-798

  Cereda, Emanuele ^a   Pedrolli, Carlo ^b   Zagami, Annunciata ^c   Vanotti, Alfredo ^d   Piffer, Silvano ^e   Opizzi, Annalisa ^f   Rondanelli, Mariangela ^f   Caccialanza, Riccardo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Bellaria Onlus   (Italy)

^d ASL Como   (Italy)

^e Servizio Osservatorio Epidemiologico   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI); Long term care; Mini nutritional assessment (MNA); Mortality; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; GERIATRIC NUTRITIONAL RISK INDEX; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; ITALY; LONG-TERM CARE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREALBUMIN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 82255191840     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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