Nutritional predictors of mortality after discharge in elderly patients on a medical ward

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 609-618

  Buscemi, Silvio ^a   Batsis, John A ^b   Parrinello, Gaspare ^a   Massenti, Fatima M ^a   Rosafio, Giuseppe ^a   Sciascia, Vittoria ^a   Costa, Flavia ^c   Pollina Addario, Sebastiano ^d   Mendola, Serena ^a   Barile, Anna M ^a   Maniaci, Vincenza ^a   Rini, Nadia ^a   Caimi, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento per le attività sanitarie e osservatorio epidemiologico Assessorato sanità Regione Siciliana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioimpedance; hospitalization; malnutrition; mini nutritional assessment; mortality; phase angle

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84976600139     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eci.12637     Document Type: Article

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