Abstract
Background & aims: Nutritional derangements are common in elderly patients, but how nutritional risk affects outcome in this subset of hospital inpatients deserves further investigation. We evaluated the impact of nutritional risk on length of stay (LOS) and in-hospital weight loss (WL) in elderly patients (>65yrs). Methods: Nutritional risk was assessed by the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) in a prospective multicentre hospital-based cohort study. The outcomes were LOS and in-hospital WL. Results: In the whole sample (N=667), the prevalence of high (GNRI
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 74-78 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Clinical Nutrition |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 1 2015 |
Keywords
- Elderly patients
- Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI)
- In-hospital weight loss
- Length of stay
- Nutritional assessment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Medicine(all)