Comparison of nutritional status assessment parameters in predicting length of hospital stay in cancer patients

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 466-470

  Mendes, J ^a,b   Alves, P ^b   Amaral, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hand strength; Length of stay; Nutritional status; Patient discharge; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL RISK SCREENING 2002; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT GENERATED SUBJECTIVE GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID TUMOR; SURVIVAL; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HAND STRENGTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899652343     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2013.06.016     Document Type: Article

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