Evaluation of the nutritional status and sarcopenia in a geriatric patient. Clinical guidelines of the board of the Czech Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Czech version

Authors: Hrnčiariková Dana ¹; Vaňková Hana ²; Bielaková Katarína ³; Bretšnajdrová Milena ⁴; Jurašková Božena ¹
Authors‘ workplace: III. interní gerontometabolická klinika Lékařské fakulty v Hradci Králové, Univerzita Karlova, Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové ¹; Interní klinika 3. lékařské fakulty Univerzity Karlovy a Fakultní nemocnice Královské Vinohrady ²; Klinika interní, geriatrie a praktického lékařství Lékařské fakulty Masarykovy univerzity a Fakultní nemocnice Brno ³; II. interní klinika gastroenterologická a geriatrická Lékařské fakulty Univerzity Palackého a Fakultní nemocnice Olomouc ⁴
Published in: Geriatrie a Gerontologie 2024, 13, č. 1: 52-57
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Overview

Malnutrition and sarcopenia are very common in older adults, significantly impairing their self-sufficiency, contributing to prolonged hospitalizations, increasd health care costs, risk of institutionalization and mortality of geriatric patients. Complex intervention of malnutrition and sarcopenia by a geriatrician in the context of other geriatric syndromes has a proven benefit for improving the quality of life, functional status and health of older people and reducing health care costs. Clinical guidelines for performing evaluation of nutritional status and sarcopenia were created and approved by the Board of the Czech Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics based on European guidelines and summarize the description and methodology of the procedure, including evaluation and recommended therapy.

Keywords:

clinical guidelines, nutritional status, sarcopenia, geriatric patient

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