- Record: found
- Abstract: found
- Article: not found
Utilizing multiple methods to classify malnutrition among elderly patients admitted to the medical and surgical intensive care units (ICU).
Patricia M Sheean
1 ,
Sarah J Peterson ,
Yimin Chen ,
Dishan Liu ,
Omar Lateef ,
Carol A Braunschweig
Oct 2013
There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.
Abstract
The nutritional status of elderly patients requiring ICU admission is largely unknown. This study evaluated the prevalence of malnutrition in elderly patients (>65 years) admitted to the surgical and medical ICUs, agreement between assessment techniques and associations between malnutrition and adverse outcomes.