… elderly patients. Consider these cases as we discuss major principles of nutritional assessment
of elderly patients. Each scenario is comprehensively addressed at the end of the article. …

… factors, one of which is nutritional status. Malnutrition, as well as … the importance of nutritional
status in elderly patients with HF, … for the nutritional assessment of elderly patients with HF. …

… in grading the nutritional status of elderly patients. Nutrition screening in elderly patients
The prevalence of malnutrition reaches significant levels (15–60%) in elderly patients who are …

… elderly patients with uraemia are treated by dialysis therapy. Virtually every published study
on nutritional status of patients … substantial proportion of patients undergoing regular dialysis …

… patients with dementia, 5 remains still unclear the relationship between the nutritional status
… impairment (MCI), in hospitalized elderly patients. MCI is a transitional and heterogeneous …

… Our objective was to evaluate the nutritional status of elderly patients aged 65 years and
older through a Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) scale and to determine its relationship with …

… processes resulting in poor nutritional status (4). The deterioration of nutritional status is
correlated with … the link between nutrition and disease progression (2). This is a mechanism of …

… about the relationship between their nutritional and functional status and outcome. The aim
… nutritional status assessed by the MNA short-form (MNA-SF) and cognitive, functional status, …

… Nevertheless, a study on the use of biochemical parameters in screening the nutritional
status of surgical elderly patients suggested to screen albumin level during the patient’s early …

… elderly patients and its relationship with parameters concerning the patients' nutritional status.
… The aim of this study is to assess the quality of life in chronically-ill elderly patients and its …