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Assessing nutrition in the critically ill elderly patient: A comparison of two screening tools

CONTEXT: Few malnutrition screening tests are validated in the elderly Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patient. AIM: Having previously established malnutrition as a cause of higher mortality in this population, we compared two screening tools in elderly patients. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: For this prospective...

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Autores principales: Tripathy, Swagata, Mishra, J. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4578195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26430337
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.164798