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Malnutrition upon Hospital Admission in Geriatric Patients: Why Assess It?

OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of malnutrition according to the new ESPEN definition in a population of geriatric hospital patients and to determine how malnutrition affects the length of hospital stay (LOS) and hospital mortality. DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of data gathered during nutrit...

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Autores principales: Orlandoni, Paolo, Venturini, Claudia, Jukic Peladic, Nikolina, Costantini, Annarita, Di Rosa, Mirko, Cola, Claudia, Giorgini, Natascia, Basile, Redenta, Fagnani, Donata, Sparvoli, Debora, David, Serenella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5670098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29164125
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2017.00050