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evaluation of the efficacy of two different age adjusted calculations of CHI compared to other nutritional indicators in the elderly medical patients upon hospital admission.
Cross sectional study involving one hundred hospitalized elderly (>60 years), Anthropometric measurements, Mini- nutritional assessment, Hand Grip strength, CBC, total protein, albumin, total cholesterol, triglyceride, and 24 hour urinary creatinine excretion were measured within 24 hours of hospital admission calculation of CHI using 2 age adjusted modification was done accuracy of each measurement in detecting malnutrition was evaluated
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Elderly Medical Patients at hospital admission |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| 24 hour urine creatinine excretion | Diagnostic Test | two age corrected calculations of creatinine height index were obtained |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| accuracy of creatinine height index in Elderly | evaluate the test performance of the two age adjusted calculations of creatinine height index for detecting malnutrition in elderly patients at hospital admission | within 24 hours of hospital admission |
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Elderly Medical Patients at hospital admission with exclusion of factors might affect 24 hour urine collection or urinary creatinine excretion
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| DOHA RASHEEDY, MD | Ain Shams University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Ain Shams University | Cairo | 11566 | Egypt |
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