Association between early postoperative nutritional supplement utilisation and length of stay in malnourished hip fracture patients.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.12.026
Abstract: BACKGROUND Malnutrition in older hip fracture patients is associated with increased complication rates and mortality. As postoperative nutrition delivery is essential to surgical recovery, postoperative nutritional supplements including oral nutritional supplements or tube feeding formulas… read more here.
Keywords: fracture patients; hip femur; malnourished hip; fracture ... See more keywords