Malnutrition is an important predictor of long-term survival in older patients undergoing the Whipple procedure for benign pancreatic diseases
The American College of Surgeons NSQIP and American Geriatric Society Best Practice Guidelines criteria for preoperative severe nutritional risk is a useful tool that allows surgeons to better select…
December 10, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, nsqip, practice, practice-guidelines, seniors / aging, severe-nutritional, society, society-best, surgeons, useful-tool
Malnutrition in U.S. – greatest cost linked to seniors, depression, COPD, coronary artery disease and dementia
Even in food-abundant industrialized countries like the U.S., an alarming number of people, particularly seniors, are in a state of diseased-associated malnutrition1.
December 10, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alarming-number, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling
