Prevalence of malnutrition and sarcopenia in a post-acute care geriatric unit: Applying the new ESPEN definition and EWGSOP criteria

Summary Backgrounds & aims The European Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) consensus definition of malnutrition has been applied in hospitalized older diabetics and middle-aged patients, geriatric outpatients, and healthy elderly and young individuals. In a post-acute care sett...

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Published in:Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) Scotland), 2017-10, Vol.36 (5), p.1339-1344
Main Authors: Sánchez-Rodríguez, Dolores, Marco, Ester, Ronquillo-Moreno, Natalia, Miralles, Ramón, Vázquez-Ibar, Olga, Escalada, Ferran, Muniesa, Josep M
Format: Article
Language:English
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ESPEN criteria
EWGSOP
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Malnutrition
Older people
Post-acute
Sarcopenia
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Summary:Summary Backgrounds & aims The European Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) consensus definition of malnutrition has been applied in hospitalized older diabetics and middle-aged patients, geriatric outpatients, and healthy elderly and young individuals. In a post-acute care setting, our aim was to assess malnutrition (ESPEN definition) and determine its relationship with sarcopenia in older in-patients deconditioned due to an acute process. Methods Eighty-eight in-patients aged ≥70 years with body mass index (BMI)
ISSN:0261-5614
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DOI:10.1016/j.clnu.2016.08.024