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Nutrition and Hydration
In: Fragility Fracture Nursing: Holistic Care and Management of the Orthogeriatric Patient [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2018. Chapter 8.
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- DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-76681-2_8
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Review
Nutrition and Hydration
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Malnutrition and dehydration are important aspects of the care of older people, particularly those in hospitals or in long-term care facilities. Many older people do not eat and drink adequately during hospital stays, and following hip fracture many patients achieve only a half of their recommended daily energy, protein and other nutritional requirements [1]. This leads to poor recovery and diminished health status and functional ability and results in a higher risk of other complications (Chap.
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- Duncan D et al (2001) Adequacy of oral feeding among elderly patients with hip fracture. Age Ageing 30(Suppl2):22
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- World Health Organization (WHO) (2015) Healthy diet. Factsheet No 394. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs394/en/
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung e. V. (DGE) German Society for Nutrition (2017) Wasser (Water). http://www.dge.de/wissenschaft/referenzwerte/wasser/
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- EUFIC (European Food Information Council) (2016) New dietary strategies for heathy ageing in Europe (NU-AGE). http://www.eufic.org/en/collaboration/article/new-dietary-strategies-for...
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