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Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index as a Screening Tool to Identify Patients with Malnutrition at a High Risk of In-Hospital Mortality among Elderly Patients with Femoral Fractures—A Retrospective Study in a Level I Trauma Center

Background: Malnutrition is frequently underdiagnosed in geriatric patients and is considered to be a contributing factor for worse outcomes during hospitalization. In addition, elderly patients who undergo trauma are often malnourished at the time of incurring fractures. The geriatric nutritional r...

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Autores principales: Su, Wei-Ti, Wu, Shao-Chun, Huang, Chun-Ying, Chou, Sheng-En, Tsai, Ching-Hua, Li, Chi, Hsu, Shiun-Yuan, Hsieh, Ching-Hua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7729938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33266264
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238920