Characteristics of undernourished older medical patients and the identification of predictors for undernutrition status
Open Access
- 2 November 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nutrition Journal
- Vol. 6 (1), 37
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-6-37
Abstract
Undernutrition among older people is a continuing source of concern, particularly among acutely hospitalized patients. The purpose of the current study is to compare malnourished elderly patients with those at nutritional risk and identify factors contributing to the variability between the groups.Keywords
This publication has 48 references indexed in Scilit:
- Under-detection of depressed mood in older inpatients and related over-prescription of depression-associated medicationsGeriatrics & Gerontology International, 2006
- Mini Nutritional Assessment and Screening Scores Are Associated with Nutritional Indicators in Elderly People with Pressure UlcersJournal of the American Dietetic Association, 2005
- Nutritional status among adult patients admitted to an university-affiliated hospital in Spain at the time of genomaClinical Nutrition, 2004
- Predictive Factors of In‐Hospital Mortality in Older Patients Admitted to a Medical Intensive Care UnitJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2003
- Dietary intake and eating patterns of elderly people in Israel: who is at nutritional risk?European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2003
- Identifying the elderly at risk for malnutritionClinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2002
- Macronutrient consumption and nutritional status in a selected well-established group of elderly people in a home for the aged in Israel.Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 1996
- Estimation of vitamin needs—riboflavin, vitamin B6 and ascorbic acid-according to blood parameters and functional-cognitive and emotional indices in a selected well-established group of elderly in a home for the aged in Israel.Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 1996
- The Nutrititional Status and Clinical Course of Acute Admissions to a Geriatric UnitAge and Ageing, 1995
- The risk of life-threatening complications in a select population of geriatric patients: the impact of nutritional status.Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 1995