Challenges in nutritional evaluation of hospitalized elderly; Always with mini-nutritional assessment?

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 231-236

  Kuyumcu, M E ^a   Yesil Y ^a   Ozturk Z A ^b   Halil, M ^a   Ulger, Z ^a   Yavuz, B B ^a   Cankurtaran, M ^a   Gungor E ^a   Erdogan G ^a   Besler, T ^a   Ariogul S ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

BIA; Geriatrics; Malnutrition; Nutritional assessment; Nutritional status; Skinfold thickness

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TOTAL BODY WATER;

EID: 84883878248     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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