Nutritional processes of care for older adults admitted to an oncology-acute care for elders unit.
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol
; 78(1): 73-8, 2011 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-20299236
BACKGROUND: Acute care for elders (ACE) units have been established in the United States to prevent functional decline in older hospitalized patients. PURPOSE: We sought to examine whether an ace unit that focused specifically on care of older oncology patients (OACE) compared with a usual care cancer ward (UCCW) demonstrated improved nutritional processes of care in patients who had documentation of nutritional deficits. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective chart review to examine whether orders had been placed for a nutritional consult or use of nutritional supplements. Logistic regression analyses, controlling for confounding variables, were conducted to evaluate differences between the wards. RESULTS: OACE unit patients were 2.1 times more likely than UCCW patients to have a nutrition consult placed and 2.5 times more likely to have nutritional supplements ordered. CONCLUSIONS: An OACE unit model of care resulted in increased nutritional interventions. Future work is warranted to evaluate outcomes of care.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Terapia Nutricional
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Unidades Hospitalarias
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Oncología Médica
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol
Asunto de la revista:
HEMATOLOGIA
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NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Países Bajos