Poor performance of mandatory nutritional screening of in-hospital patients

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 862-867

  Geiker, Nina Rica Wium ^a   Hørup Larsen, Sisse Marie ^a   Stender, Steen ^a   Astrup, Arne ^a,b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Audit; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Patients; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENMARK; ERROR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY;

AGED; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MANDATORY TESTING; MEDICAL AUDIT; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84870249059     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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