Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Protein Pulse-Feeding Pattern in Elderly Patients

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Protein Pulse-Feeding Pattern in Elderly Patients

The researchers tested the hypothesis that a protein pulse-feeding pattern was more efficient in improving muscle mass and immune functions than was a protein spread-feeding pattern, after 45 days, in elderly malnourished patients.

To estimate the amelioration of the accretion in protein and the immunizing deficit thanks to a nutrition "PULSEE" ( to hold on 80 % of the proteic by day in on meal) with a proteic distributed all along the day for old subjects having a denutrition

To also estimate that the diminution of the morbidity decrease (infections, bedsores) the average during the stay and the mortality according to 2 modalities of grip nutritional

Inclusion Criteria:

• Must be malnourished
• Hospitalization into a geriatric rehabilitation care unit
• Age > 70 years
• C-reactive protein (CRP) < 50 mg/l

Exclusion Criteria:

• Enteral or parenteral nutrition
• Renal, cardiac or digestive insufficiency
• Diabetes
• Pacemaker
• Mini-Mental State (MMS) < 15