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The effects of promoting oral intake using the Kuchi-kara Taberu index, a comprehensive feeding assistant tool, in older pneumonia patients: a cluster randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: The multidisciplinary comprehensive care (MDCC) program promotes the improvement of oral intake for older patients. The Kuchi-kara Taberu (ingesting orally in Japanese, KT) index was developed to objectively assess patient conditions in the MDCC program. This trial examined the effects o...

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Autores principales: Shamoto, Hiroshi, Koyama, Tamami, Momosaki, Ryo, Maeda, Keisuke, Wakabayashi, Hidetaka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6995043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32005104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-1447-x