Evaluation of the efficacy of nutritional screening tools to predict malnutrition in the elderly at a geriatric care hospital

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Malnutrition in the elderly is a serious problem, prevalent in both hospitals and care homes. Due to the absence of a gold standard for malnutrition, herein we evaluate the efficacy of five nutritional screening tools developed or used for the elderly. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Electe...

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Autores principales: Baek, Myoung-Ha, Heo, Young-Ran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Nutrition Society and the Korean Society of Community Nutrition 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26634053
http://dx.doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2015.9.6.637

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26634053
http://dx.doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2015.9.6.637

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