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Nutritional assessment in elderly care: a MUST!

Malnutrition affects over three million people in the UK with associated health costs exceeding £13 billion annually.[1] In hospital, malnutrition has been shown to increase complication rates, morbidity, mortality, hospital readmissions, and length of hospital stay.[2] To screen for malnutrition, a...

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Autores principales: Frank, Madeleine, Sivagnanaratnam, Aravinth, Bernstein, Jo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: British Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4645872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26734346
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjquality.u204810.w2031