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SUBMITTER: Sharma Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5695574 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sharma Yogesh Y Miller Michelle M Kaambwa Billingsley B Shahi Rashmi R Hakendorf Paul P Horwood Chris C Thompson Campbell C
BMJ open 20171112 11
<h4>Objective</h4>The relationship between admission nutritional status and clinical outcomes following hospital discharge is not well established. This study investigated whether older patients' nutritional status at admission predicts unplanned readmission or death in the very early or late periods following hospital discharge.<h4>Design, setting and participants</h4>The study prospectively recruited 297 patients ≥60 years old who were presenting to the General Medicine Department of a tertiar ...[more]