Survival in malnourished older patients receiving post-discharge nutritional support; long-term results of a randomized controlled trial

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 855-860

  Neelemaat, F ^a   van Keeken, S ^a   Langius, J A E ^a,b   de van der Schueren, M A E ^a,c   Thijs, A ^a   Bosmans, J E ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Nutritional intervention; Older patients; RCT; Survival

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; NUTRITION SUPPLEMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETITIAN; ENERGY ENRICHED DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROTEIN DIET; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT;

EID: 85020498428     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-017-0939-7     Document Type: Article

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