Creatinine Height Index in Elderly

Ain Shams University100 enrolled

Overview

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.

Cross sectional study involving one hundred hospitalized elderly (\>60 years), Anthropometric measurements, Mini- nutritional assessment, Hand Grip strength, CBC, total protein, albumin, total cholesterol, triglyceride, and 24 hour urinary creatinine excretion were measured within 24 hours of hospital admission calculation of CHI using 2 age adjusted modification was done accuracy of each measurement in detecting malnutrition was evaluated

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Malnutrition in Elderly

Interventions

24 hour urine creatinine excretionDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

two age corrected calculations of creatinine height index were obtained

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 YearsMax age: 90 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * medical elderly patients (\>60 years) * within 24 hours of hospital admission Exclusion Criteria: * 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

Locations (1)

Ain Shams University

Cairo, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

accuracy of creatinine height index in Elderly

evaluate the test performance of the two age adjusted calculations of creatinine height index for detecting malnutrition in elderly patients at hospital admission

Time frame: within 24 hours of hospital admission

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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