Effectiveness and Cost of a Quantitative and Qualitative Nutritional Supplementation in Elderly Patients

Effectiveness and Cost of a Quantitative and Qualitative Nutritional Supplementation in Elderly Patients

Evaluation of the effectiveness and the costs of a quantitative and qualitative nutritional supplementation in elderly patients

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hospitalization into a geriatric care unit
• age > 70 years
• C reactive protein > 30 mg/l
• 25 < albumin < 35 g/l
• 130 < Na < 145 mmol/l
• BMI < 22
• weight loss > 10 % within the last 6 months
• MNA < 23.5

Exclusion Criteria:

• diabetes mellitus
• severe digestive failure
• enteral or parenteral nutrition
• renal,cardiac or digestive failure
• lactose intolerance
• terminal phase severe pathology
• MMS < 15