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Antonelli-Incalzi R, Landi F, Cipriani L, Bruno E, Pagano F, Gemma A, Capparella O, Carbonin PU. Nutritional assessment : a primary component of multidimensional geriatric assessment in the acute care setting. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1996;44:166-174.

Barton KA, Brereton NH, Roth LS, Hooper FJ, Al-Ibrahim MS, Kinosian B. Use of Nutrition Screening Initiative Checklist in assessing malnutrition among elderly hospitalized patients. J Am Diet Assoc. 1995;95(suppl):A-89. Abstract.

Bonnefoy M, Ayzac L, Ingenbleek Y, Kostka T, Boisson RC, Bienvenu J. Usefulness of the prognostic inflammatory and nutritional index (PINI) in hospitalized elderly patients. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 1998;68:189-195.

Buchowski MS, Butts NL, Pichert JW. Dietitians' changes following continuing education on nutrition management of hospitalized elderly. J Nutr Elder. 2002;35-47.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. Hospital Stays Grow Shorter Heart Disease Leading Cause of Hospitalization (04/01)

Covinsky KE, Martin GE, Beyth RJ, Justice AC, Sehgal AR, Landefeld CS. The relationship between clinical assessments of nutritional status and adverse outcomes in older hospitalized medical patients. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1999;47:532-538.

Fowler E, Trnavsky M. Serum prealbumin in measurement of nutrition status and monitoring nutrition support outcome in a subacute skilled nursing unit. J Am Diet Assoc. 1999;99(suppl):A-120. Abstract

Friedmann JM, Smiciklas-Wright H, Jensen GL, McCamish M. Factors predicting early non-elective hospital readmission of nutritionally compromised older adults. J Am Diet Assoc. 1995;95(suppl):A-89. Abstract.

Friedmann JM, Jensen GL, Smiciklas-Wright H, McCamish MA. Predicting early nonelective hospital admissions in nutritionally compromised older adults. Am J Clin Nutr. 1997; 65:1714-1720.

Gall MJ, Grimble GK, Reeve NJ, Thomas SJ. Effect of providing fortified meals and between-meal snacks on energy and protein intake of hospital patients. Clin Nutr. 1998;17:259-264.

Graesser D, Espinosa A, Rammohan M. Nutritional risk in elderly hospitalized patients. J Am Diet Assoc. 1995;95(suppl):A-61. Abstract.

Gilbride JA, Maillet JO. Geriatric teamwork: A multidisciplinary training center experience. Top Clin Nutr. 1993;8:57-63.

Greene JA, Stone M, Johnson W. Evaluation of a multidisciplinary treatment approach in an inpatient geropsychiatric unit. J Tenn Med Assoc. 1994;97:421-424.

Guenther K, Rowan ML, Samour PQ, Peterson A. The role of the dietitian in an acute-care eldercare service. J Am Diet Assoc. 1993;93(suppl):A-103. Abstract.

Harris MA, Wang V, Treber LA. Effect of nutrition intervention on length of hospital stay in severely obese elderly patients. J Am Diet Assoc. 1998;98(suppl):A-90. Abstract.

Hamilton K, Spalding D, Steele C, Waldron S. An audit of nutritional care delivered to elderly inpatients in community hospitals. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2002;15(1):49-58.

Harris MA, Wang V, Treber LA. Effect of nutrition intervention on length of hospital stay in severely obese elderly patients. J Am Diet Assoc. 1998;98(suppl):A-90. Abstract.

Kemokai-Wright DA, Adkins CC, Calhoun KM. Streamlining a hospital-based nutrition screening program for increased productivity. J Am Diet Assoc. 1993;93(suppl):A-42. Abstract.

Kuppersmith NC. Wheeler SF. Communication between family physicians and registered dietitians in the outpatient setting. J Am Diet Assoc. 2002;102:1756-1763.

LaCroix AZ, Lipson S, Miles TP, White L. Prospective study of pneumonia hospitalizations and mortality of US older people: The role of chronic conditions, health behaviors, and nutritional status. Public Health Rep. 1989;104:350-360.

Lee VK, Burnett E. A case report: Special needs of hospitalized elders. Geriatr Nurs. 1998;19:185-191.

Lipski PS, Torrance A, Kelly PJ, James OF. A study of nutritional deficits of long-stay geriatric patients. Age Ageing. 1993;22:244-255.

Manson A, Shea S. Malnutrition in elderly ambulatory medical patients. Am J Public Health. 1991;81:1195-1197.

Marinella MA, Markert RJ. Admission serum albumin level and length of hospitalization in elderly patients. South Med J. 1998;91:851-54.

McMurtry CT, Rosenthal A. Predictors of 2-year mortality among older male veterans on a geriatric rehabilitation unit. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1995;43:1123-1126.

Miller JE, Russell LB, Davis DM, Milan E, Carson JL, Taylor WC. Biomedical risk factors for hospital admission in older adults. Med Care. 1998;36:411-421.

Mowe M, Bohmer T. The prevalence of undiagnosed protein-calorie undernutrition in a population of hospitalized elderly patients. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1991;39:1089-1092.

Nogues R, Sitges-Serra A, Sancho JJ, Sanz F, Monne J, Girvent M, Gubern JM. Influence of nutrition, thyroid hormones, and rectal temperature in in-hospital mortality of elderly patients with acute illness. Am J Clin Nutr. 1995;61:597-602.

Nolan BAD, Mathews RM. When do we eat? Decreasing demands and questions for food in a special care unit. Gerontologists. 2001;41(special Issue):201. Abstract.

Norman JC, Smith MA, Sexton ED, Nuckolls LJ, Stevens PM. Impact of protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM) on patient outcomes and diagnosis related group (DRG) reimbursement in the elderly. J Am Diet Assoc. 1992;92(suppl):A-86. Abstract.

Olin AO, Osterberg P, Hadell K, Jerstrom S, Ljungqvist O. Energy-enriched hospital food to improve energy intake in elderly patients. J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1996;20(2):93-97.

Ranier P, Bertozzi B, Frisoni GB, Rozzini R, Trabucchi M. Determinants of malnutrition in a geriatric ward: role of comorbidity and functional status. J Nutr Elder. 1996;16:11-22.

Reilly JJ Jr, Hull SF, Albert N, Waller A, Bringardener S. Economic impact of malnutrition: A model system for hospitalized patients. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1988;12:371-376.

Rohrich B, von Herrath D, Asmus G, Shaefer K. The elderly dialysis patient: Management of the hospital stay. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 1998;13(suppl 7):69-72.

Rosenthal AJ, Sanders KM, McMurtry CT, Jacobs MA, Thompson DD, Gheorghiu D, Little KL, Adler RA. Is malnutrition overdiagnosed in older hospitalized patients? Association between the soluble interleukin-2 receptor and serum markers of malnutrition. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 1998;53;M81-M86.

Rowan ML, et al. Nutritional status of the frail elderly in an acute-care eldercare service. Nutrition Screening 2: New Approaches to Care, An Interdisciplinary Strategy; 1993 May 10; Washington, DC. Washington, DC: Nutrition Screening Initiative; 1993.

Ryan VC. Nutrition identified as a risk factor for elderly Medicare patients; hospital readmission. J Nutr Elder. 1990;9:81-87.

Shatenstein B, Claveau D, Ferland G. Visual observation is a valid means of assessing dietary consumption among older adults with cognitive deficits in long-term care settings. J Am Diet Assoc. 2002;102:250-252.

Simon C, Braunschweig CL. Impact of the clinical nutritionist on nutritional status of elderly hospitalized patients. J Am Diet Assoc. 1990;90(suppl):A-53. Abstract.

Stuart D, Barrett E. Successful strategies in an acute care setting. Nutrition Screening 2: New Approaches to Care, An Interdisciplinary Strategy. 1993 May 10: Washington, DC. Washington, DC: Nutrition Screening Initiative.

Sullivan DH, Sun S, Walls RC. Protein-energy undernutrition among elderly hospitalized patients. A prospective study. JAMA. 1999;281:2013-2019.

Sullivan DH. The utility of an admission assessment to predict in-hospital nutrient intake. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1994;42:478-480.

Sullivan DH, Moriarty MS, Chernoff R, Lipschitz DA. Patterns of care: An analysis of the quality of nutritional care routinely provided to elderly hospitalized veterans. J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1989;13:249-254.

Sullivan DH, Walls RC. Impact of nutritional status on morbidity in a population of geriatric rehabilitation patients. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1994;42:471-477.

Sullivan DH, Walls RC, Lipschitz DA. Protein-energy undernutrition and the risk of mortality within 1 y of hospital discharge in a select population of geriatric rehabilitation patients. Am J Clin Nutr. 1991;53:599-605.

Thomas DR, Zdrowski CD, Wilson MM, Conright KC, Lewis C, Tariq S and Morley JE. Malnutrition in subacute care. Am J Clin Nutr. 2002;75:308-313.

Weddle DO, Dixon Z, Levin L. A pilot project to measure hunger and malnutrition risk in an urban minority elder population. J Am Diet Assoc. 1998;98(suppl):A-69. Abstract

Weddle DO, Schmeisser D, Barnish M, Kamath SK. Inpatient and post-discharge course of the malnourished patient. J Am Diet Assoc. 1991;91:307-311.

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Resources

2002 and earlier

Health Management for Older Adults II
Audience: Professionals
Description: Health Management for Older Adults is a series of six audiocassette tapes designed to target health professionals in the nursing home, hospital, clinic, and home health care environments. This program was produced and distributed by the University of Florida Geriatric Education Center (GEC), in cooperation with the North Florida Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) and the Gainesville VA Medical Center Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Spring, 1999.
Contact: University of Florida Geriatric Education Center
Phone: 352-395-0274
Fax: 352-395-0153
Email: gec@medicine.ufl.edu
Cost: none

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Web Links

U.S. National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine <www.ClinicalTrials.gov>

Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations <www.jcaho.org>

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Last Updated: 05/10/2004