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Research Article: Factors Associated with In-Hospital Mortality in Elderly Internal Medicine Patients with Nasogastric Tube Feeding

Date Published: 2023-05-09

Introduction:
Advances in healthcare contribute to the rising of the older people population in the world. Malnutrition is common in the elderly, ranging from –% in community-dwelling individuals to –% in residential aged and acute care settings. The etiology of malnutrition in the elderly is multifactorial, and mainly related to dysphagia and anorexia, that result from age-dependent changes in muscle mass and such comorbidities as follows: dementia, stroke, depression, cancer, heart failure, and chronic lung disease. –…

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