Poor nutritional status of older subacute patients predicts clinical outcomes and mortality at 18 months of follow-up

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1224-1228

  Charlton, K ^a   Nichols, C ^a   Bowden, S ^b   Milosavljevic, M ^b   Lambert, K ^b   Barone, L ^b   Mason, M ^b   Batterham, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

elderly; malnutrition; MNA; mortality; subacute hospitals

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEW SOUTH WALES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84868664943     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.130     Document Type: Article

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