Prevalence of hypoalbuminemia and nutritional issues in hospitalized elders

ABSTRACT Objective: to estimate the prevalence of hypoalbuminemia in hospitalized elders, related to socio-demographic variables, nutritional status and length of stay. Methods: crosscutting study with 200 patients hospitalized in a large hospital in the South of Brazil during three months. Eval...

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Main Authors: Felipe Brock, Luiz Antonio Bettinelli, Taise Dobner, Júlio César Stobbe, Gabriela Pomatti, Cristina Trevizan Telles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692016000100365&lng=en&tlng=en