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Evaluating and treating nutritional problems in older patients
1Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans' Hospital, and the Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
|November 14, 1997
Abstract:
Up to 65% of elderly hospitalized patients are protein-energy undernourished at admission or acquire nutritional deficits while hospitalized. For the elderly patient who requires nutritional support therapy, a strategy of intervention should be carefully formulated based on the results of a clinical assessment. While receiving nutritional support, the patient should be monitored carefully for complications and changing metabolic requirements. Modifications to the original regimen should be made to meet the patient's needs as necessary.