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Nutrition Risk Factors in Older Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients

Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili, PhD, RN, CNSN

From the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Correspondence: Address correspondence to: Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili, PhD, RN, CNSN, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, 418 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104; e-mail: rosedim{at}nursing.upenn.edu.

Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery is increasingly performed in adults aged 65 and older. Older adults are vulnerable to undernutrition, and as they undergo coronary artery bypass grafting surgery, their nutrition status must be considered carefully. The present review focuses on nutrition risk factors unique to older adults who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.

Key Words: nutrition assessment • geriatrics • heart diseases • cytokines

Nutrition in Clinical Practice, Vol. 23, No. 5, 494-500 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0884533608323428
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