Status:
COMPLETED
Creatinine Height Index in Elderly
Lead Sponsor:
Ain Shams University
Conditions:
Malnutrition in Elderly
Eligibility:
All Genders
60-90 years
Brief Summary
evaluation of the efficacy of two different age adjusted calculations of CHI compared to other nutritional indicators in the elderly medical patients upon hospital admission.
Detailed Description
Cross sectional study involving one hundred hospitalized elderly (\>60 years), Anthropometric measurements, Mini- nutritional assessment, Hand Grip strength, CBC, total protein, albumin, total cholest...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- medical elderly patients (\>60 years)
- within 24 hours of hospital admission
Exclusion
- sepsis
- fever
- malignancy
- liver cirrhosis
- renal impairment
- critically ill patients
- those with any hemodynamic instability were excluded from the study
- patients receiving diuretics
- patients can't stand to obtain their weight and height
- those can't collect 24 hour urine
- the patients refused to participate in the study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2015
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03814057
Start Date
June 1 2015
End Date
May 1 2018
Last Update
July 31 2024
Active Locations (1)
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Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt, 11566