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780 IMPROVING NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT FOR POST-SURGICAL FEMUR FRACTURE PATIENTS AT ST MARY'S HOSPITAL, LONDON.

Introduction Malnutrition represents a common complication in femur fracture patients and is primarily caused by poor dietary intake. Malnutrition is associated with poor clinical outcomes, and is the strongest independent risk factor for recurrent femur fracture. High protein oral nutrition supplem...

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Published in:Age & Ageing Vol. 51; no. suppl_1; pp. 1 - 2
Main Authors: Donnelly, L, Sharpe, S, Heber, I, Morgan, C
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA 2022 Supplement 1
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England
Patients
Conferences & conventions
Surgery
Diet therapy
Postoperative period
Public hospitals
Femoral fractures
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