Bioelectrical phase angle and impedance vector analysis - Clinical relevance and applicability of impedance parameters

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 854-861

  Norman, Kristina ^a   Stobäus, Nicole ^a   Pirlich, Matthias ^b   Bosy Westphal, Anja ^c,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Evangelische Elisabethklinik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance analysis; BIVA; Clinical outcome; Hydration status; Malnutrition; Mortality; Nutritional status; Phase angle

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE VECTOR ANALYSIS; BIOELECTRICAL PHASE ANGLE; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDRATION; IMPEDANCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 84870243624     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.05.008     Document Type: Review

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