Elevated Serum Osmolality and Total Water Deficit Indicate Impaired Hydration Status in Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities Regardless of Low or High Body Mass Index

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 828-836.e2

  Marra, Melissa Ventura ^a   Simmons, Sandra F ^b,c   Shotwell, Matthew S ^b   Hudson, Abbie ^d   Hollingsworth, Emily K ^d   Long, Emily ^d   Kuertz, Brittany ^d   Silver, Heidi J ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fluid; Hydration; Long term care; Older adult

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE;

AGED; BEVERAGE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; OSMOLARITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEVERAGES; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

EID: 84964757108     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2015.12.011     Document Type: Article

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