The journal of nutrition, health & aging
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J Nutr Health Aging · Aug 2009
Dependence of the geriatric depression scores on age, nutritional status, and haematologic variables in elderly institutionalized patients.
To evaluate the relationships between depression and ageing, nutrition, and selected haematologic variables. ⋯ Depression was associated with worsening of nutritional status and the degree of anemia of the entire elderly population and the male, but not the female subjects. The borderline correlation observed between the GDS and MCV for the female subjects suggests that the nutritional deficiencies responsible for the MCV increase are a cause, and not an effect, of depression.
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J Nutr Health Aging · Aug 2009
Factors related to withholding life-sustaining treatment in hospitalized elders.
To look for predictors in the clinical records of orders for "limitation of life sustaining treatment" (LLST) or "do not attempt resuscitation" (DNAR) in hospitalized elders and to assess the relationship between the presence of these orders and the quality of end-of-life (EOL) care. ⋯ LLST-orders were more likely to be written in an EACU for patients with previous severe impairment, co-morbidity, or advanced disease. Written acknowledgement of closeness to death and LLST-orders were predictors of better EOL-management.