%0 Journal Article
%T Cribado nutricional en pacientes inmovilizados del Servicio de Atenci¨®n Domiciliaria de una zona b¨¢sica de salud del ¨¢rea de Salud de Gran Canaria
%A Perdomo P¨¦rez
%A Estrella
%A Navarro V¨¢zquez
%A Franciso J.
%A Gonz¨¢lez de la Torre
%A H¨¦ctor
%A Mosquera Fern¨¢ndez
%A Abi¨¢n
%J Gerokomos
%D 2012
%I Ediciones SPA S.L.
%R 10.4321/S1134-928X2012000300005
%X undernourishment is a serious problem with important social, sanitary and economical consequences. concerning immobilised patients, ulcers caused by pressure are the most frequent and they represent a silent epidemic which in most cases is not necessarily unavoidable because a correct nutrition screening plays a decisive role in preventing it. the alarming lack of nutrition, 50%, in a survey of 62 patients who were observed in out-patient clinics (centros de salud) underline the necessity of an early diagnosis so as to activate prevention and therapeutical measures to improve the patients' well-being, thereby reducing possible associated pathologies and subsequential hospitalization.
%K nutrition screening
%K prevention
%K ulcers caused by pressure
%K home assistance
%K mini nutritional assessment.
%U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1134-928X2012000300005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en