Prevalence of malnutrition and associated factors among hospitalized elderly patients in King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a nutritional disorder that adversely affects the body from a functional or clinical perspective. It is very often observed in the elderly population. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of malnutrition among hospitalized elderly patients and its associated factor...

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Autores principales: Alzahrani, Sami H., Alamri, Sultan H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28673255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0527-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28673255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0527-z

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