The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index predicts hospital length of stay and in-hospital weight loss in elderly patients

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-78

  Cereda, Emanuele ^a   Klersy, Catherine ^a   Pedrolli, Carlo ^b   Cameletti, Barbara ^a   Bonardi, Chiara ^a   Quarleri, Lara ^a   Cappello, Silvia ^a   Bonoldi, Alberto ^a   Bonadeo, Elisa ^a   Caccialanza, Riccardo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b Trento Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI); In hospital weight loss; Length of stay; Nutritional assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITIONAL RISK INDEX; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84921437742     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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