Chu, P S (1998) The nutritional response to trauma in older people. Professional nurse (London, England), 13(9), pp. 597-600. ISSN (print) 0266-8130
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Official URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9782977
Abstract
Physiological changes affecting the digestive system in old age may mean that older people have a higher risk of malnutrition as a result of physical trauma. The findings showed that the nutritional status of older subjects who had undergone total hip replacement did not correlate with age. The study indicated that people over the age of 75 may have a tendency of develop postoperative complications, which could be affected by malnutrition.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Research Area: | Allied health professions and studies Nursing and midwifery |
| Faculty, School or Research Centre: | Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Automatic Import Agent |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2010 07:09 |
| Last Modified: | 11 May 2010 07:09 |
| URI: | http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/id/eprint/7283 |
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