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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...
Autores principales: | Frank, Madeleine, Sivagnanaratnam, Aravinth, Bernstein, Jo |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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