Nursing Interventions for Improving Nutritional Status and Outcomes of Stroke Patients: Descriptive Reviews of Processes and Outcomes

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-40

  Perry, Lin ^a   Hamilton, Sharon ^b   Williams, Jane ^c,d   Jones, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Eating; Enteral tube feeding; Malnutrition; Mealtimes; Nursing; Nutrition; Oral health; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DYSPHAGIA; EATING; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EATING; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STROKE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873249274     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2012.00255.x     Document Type: Review

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