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The prognostic significance of malnutrition as assessed by the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) in older hospitalized patients with a heavy disease burden
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Vischer, Ulrich Max
Frangos Lordos, Emilia
Graf, Christophe
Gold, Gabriel
Weiss, Lucien
Herrmann, François
Zekry Berger, Dina Selma
Published in Clinical Nutrition. 2012, vol. 31, no. 1, p. 113-7
Abstract Malnutrition is common in older persons. However, it is unclear whether malnutrition diagnosed with the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) predicts mortality in older hospitalized patients.
Keywords Acute Disease — Aged — 80 and over — Chronic Disease — Comorbidity — Cross-Sectional Studies — Elder Nutritional Physiological Phenomena — Female — Geriatric Assessment — Hospitalization — Humans — Hypoalbuminemia/epidemiology/physiopathology — Male — Malnutrition/diagnosis/epidemiology — Nutrition Assessment — Prognosis — Prospective Studies — Risk Assessment
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PMID: 21996512
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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine interne générale, de réhabilitation et de gériatrie
Research group Démence du sujet âgé, troubles cognitifs, la symptomatologie cognitive (577)
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(ISO format) 		VISCHER, Ulrich Max et al. The prognostic significance of malnutrition as assessed by the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) in older hospitalized patients with a heavy disease burden. In: Clinical Nutrition, 2012, vol. 31, n° 1, p. 113-7. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:26357

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