Emergency department malnutrition screening and support model improves outcomes in a pilot randomised controlled trial

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 180-183

  Vivanti, A ^a,b   Isenring, E ^a,b   Baumann, S ^b   Powrie, D ^a   O'Neill, M ^a   Clark, D ^a   Courtice, S ^a   Campbell, K ^a,b   Ferguson, M ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIETITIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT RISK; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DIET THERAPY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84923414759     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202965     Document Type: Article

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