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Predictors of Postoperative Complications, Prolonged Length of Hospital Stay, and Short-Term Mortality in Elderly Patients with Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm

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Audiology and Speech
Maurício Freitas Gerude, Fernando Luiz Dias, Terence Pires de Farias, Bruno Albuquerque Sousa, Luiz Cláudio S. Thuler
Journal: ORL
ORL (2014) 76 (3): 153–164.
https://doi.org/10.1159/000363189
Published Online: 23 July 2014
... length of hospital stay Surgery on older-old and oldest-old patients Functional assessment Nutritional status Quality of life Cancer is associated with aging, and approximately 60% of all neoplasms and 70% of neoplasm-related mortality occur in individuals aged ≥65 years [ 1 ]. In the USA...
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Nutritional Assessment of Hospitalized Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

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Audiology and Speech
Thomas Westin, Carina Trädhgård, Katarina Andersson, Ingrid Warnold, Staffan Edström
Journal: ORL
ORL (1988) 50 (3): 193–198.
https://doi.org/10.1159/000275990
Published Online: 08 January 2010
... in an ordinary clinical setting. In the present study we assessed the nutritional status and calculated the energy balance in 10 randomly selected cancer patients who were hospitalized at our ENT department. Loss > 10 % of habitual weight was apparent in 5 patients, while only 2 of these had subnormal serum...
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