Nutritional status investigation and analysis of 342 cases of elderly hospitalized patients
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2014.30.025
- VernacularTitle:342例老年住院患者营养状况调查分析
- Author:
Rong TANG
;
Rui ZHOU
;
Baoquan JIANG
;
Hongxia XU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
aged;
nutritional risk screening;
nutritional assessment;
anemia
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2014;(30):4056-4058
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the nutritional state in elderly hospitalized patients(≥70 years old)and provide clinical evi-dence for nutritional support in elderly people .Methods From June to December 2012 ,342 elderly hospitalized patients(≥70 years old)in Daping Hospital ,the Third Military Medical University were included .All of these patients were originally screened by resi-dent doctor ,and were revaluated by dietitians in the Department of Nutrition for the nutritional status .The revaluation was conduc-ted by Nutritional Risk Screening 2002(NRS 2002) ,which recommended by ESPEN ,and combined with the laboratory examina-tion .Results In 342 cases ,the nutritional risk rate was 96 .49% ,the incidence of malnutrition was 28 .79% ,and the incidence of a-nemia was 59 .24% .The incidence of low total serum protein ,low albumin ,and low prealbumin were 51 .40% 、93 .18% and 85 . 30% ,respectively .Conclusion Elderly hospitalized patients(≥70 years old)have high nutritional risk ,high incidence of malnutri-tion ,anemia ,and low blood albumin .Clinical nutritional support is necessary for bad nutritional status elderly patients .
