Nutritional screening for improving professional practice for patient outcomes in hospital and primary care settings

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Omidvari, Amir Houshang ^a   Vali, Yasaman ^a,b   Murray, Susan M ^c   Wonderling, David ^c   Rashidian, Arash ^a,d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT CHANGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETITIAN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SCREENING; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84891697421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005539.pub2     Document Type: Review

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