The journal of nutrition, health & aging
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J Nutr Health Aging · Nov 2006
Clinical characteristics and risk factors of delirium in demented and not demented elderly medical inpatients.
to evaluate the differences in clinical characteristics and risk factors of delirium in elderly medical inpatients according to the presence or not of dementia. ⋯ clinical characteristics and risk factors of delirium are different in demented and not demented elderly inpatients. Patients with dementia are vulnerable to delirium at lower levels of medical acuity than non-demented patients.
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J Nutr Health Aging · Nov 2006
ReviewThe Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) review of the literature--What does it tell us?
To review the literature on the MNA to Spring 2006, we searched MEDLINE, Web of Science and Scopus, and did a manual search in J Nutr Health Aging, Clin Nutr, Eur J Clin Nutr and free online available publications. ⋯ The MNA is a screening and assessment tool with a reliable scale and clearly defined thresholds, usable by health care professionals. It should be included in the geriatric assessment and is proposed in the minimum data set for nutritional interventions.