Geriatric Nutrition Risk Index is comparable to the mini nutritional assessment for assessing nutritional status in elderly hospitalized patients
Background & aims: Malnutrition is common among hospitalized elderly patients, and the prevalence is increasing not only in Malaysia but also in the rest of the world. The Geriatric Nutrition Risk Index (GNRI) and the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) were developed to identify malnourished indi...
Published in: | Clinical Nutrition ESPEN |
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Language: | English |
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Elsevier Ltd
2019
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Online Access: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85058641290&doi=10.1016%2fj.clnesp.2018.12.002&partnerID=40&md5=f5068a23a83b619181cd2064f461f387 |