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Oral nutritional supplements during acute illness and recovery reduced non-elective hospital readmissions in older patients

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebn.10.3.81

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    Gariballa S, Forster S, Walters S, et al. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of nutritional supplementation during acute illness. Am J Med 2006;119:693–9.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Q Does nutritional support during acute illness and recovery improve clinical outcome in older patients?

    METHODS

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    randomised placebo controlled trial.

    Embedded ImageAllocation:

    concealed.

    Embedded ImageBlinding:

    blinded (patients, healthcare providers, {data collectors, outcome assessors,}* and data analysts).

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    6 months.

    Embedded ImageSetting:

    {a hospital in South Yorkshire, UK}.*

    Embedded ImagePatients:

    445 patients ⩾65 years of age (mean age 77 y, 53% men) who were admitted to hospital and able to swallow. Exclusion criteria were gastric surgery, malabsorption or morbid obesity (body mass index >40), coma, severe dementia (Abbreviated Mental Test Score <6), malignancy, current receipt of supplements, …

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    Footnotes

    • ↵* Information provided by author.

    • For correspondence: Dr S Gariballa, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates. s.gariballa{at}uaeu.ac.ae

    • Source of funding: Health Foundation, UK.