Role of nutritional status in predicting the length of stay in cancer: A systematic review of the epidemiological literature

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 59, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 96-106

  Gupta, Digant ^a   Vashi, Pankaj G ^a   Lammersfeld, Carolyn A ^a   Braun, Donald P ^a  

^a CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Length of hospital stay; Malnutrition; Nutritional assessment, screening, status; Oncology

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHOMA; MALNUTRITION; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BODY MASS INDEX; DATA COLLECTION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALNUTRITION; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SERUM ALBUMIN; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 82655179103     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332914     Document Type: Review

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