Evaluación del estado nutricio de los pacientes adultos mayores en periodo postoperatorio utilizando el instrumento Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) en Yucatán
Abstract:Background: During the nutritional assessment of elderly patients, it is important to take into account the physical changes of aging. It is well known that hospitalized patients are more vulnerable to develop malnutrition. The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) questionnaire allows the adequate classification of the nutritional status of these patients. In Yucatan, there are no reports on the nutritional status among this group of patients. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess nutritional status of e… Show more
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