Nutritional assessment and hand grip strength of candidates for surgery of the gastrointestinal tract
BACKGROUND: The assessment of nutritional status in clinical practice must be done with simple, reliable, low cost and easy performance methods. The power of handshake is recognized as a useful tool to evaluate muscle strength, and therefore, it is suggested that can detect malnutrition. AIM: To eva...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva
2014-06-01
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| Series: | ABCD: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-67202014000200104&tlng=pt |