dc.contributor.author | Persons, Robert K. | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Nichols, William | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Only 1 appetite stimulate, megestrol acetate oral suspension (Megace) at 400 mg or 800 mg daily, has been studied in this population. The data show only limited benefit, mixed outcomes, and potential harm (strength of recommendation: B, based on small, randomized, controlled trials). | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3629 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | Family Physicians Inquiries Network | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcollection | Clinical Inquiries, 2007 (MU) | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Journal of family practice, 56, no. 09 (September 2007): 761-762 | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | eng |
dc.subject | malnourished patients | eng |
dc.subject | adverse outcomes | eng |
dc.subject | quality of life | eng |
dc.subject | weight gain | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Appetite stimulants | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Appetite -- Effect of drugs on | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Frail elderly | eng |
dc.title | Should we use appetite stimulants for malnourished elderly patients? | eng |
dc.type | Article | eng |