Screening and application of nutritional support in elderly hospitalized patients of a tertiary care hospital in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malnutrition is very common in elderly patients admitted to the hospital. The aim of our study is to assess the nutritional status of elderly patients and the use of nutritional support in a tertiary care hospital in China and to analyze the impacts of nutritional status and nutritional support on clinical outcomes.

Methods

Statistical analysis was performed on a sample of 745 elderly patients in the geriatric medicine department of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University from March 2012 to March 2015. The Nutrition Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) and Mini Nutritional Assessment-short forms (MNA-SF) were utilized for the nutritional risk screening at admission. Personal information, anthropometric measurements, laboratory tests, nutritional support and clinical outcom

SUBMITTER: Lin YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6407756 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature