Hip fracture prognosis: could bioimpedance be an alternative to conventional nutritional assessment?
Background: Risk-factors for mortality in hip fractures encompass nutritional status, nominally body mass index, but not body composition. Given the difficulty of anthropometric assessment in bedridden patients a prospective study with bioimpedance analysis was designed. Methods: Elderly patients wi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Arán Ediciones, S. L.
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| Series: | Nutrición Hospitalaria |
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| Online Access: | http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0212-16112011000400034&lng=en&tlng=en |