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[Do our elderly people suffer malnutrition? An evaluation of their nutritional state]
Ma Angeles Olalla Gallo1, Ma Paz Miguel Vázquez, Isabel Delgado Porres
1Atención Primaria, Burgos.
Abstract:
Elderly are particulary prone to suffer nutritional disbalance, mainly desnutrition. This alterations carry physical and functional consequences. For this reason, the scheduled evaluation of nutritional status must take part in the elderly nursing care. The evaluation must be performed in a individual basis, depending on the health and functional status. A description of screening test for healthy people are included, as is a functional health patterns, paying special attention to the dietary record and some anthropometric testing, to finalize with laboratory tests in the more complex patients.
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