NUTRITIONAL STUDIES ON LONG-TERM SURGICAL PATIENTS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INTAKE OF VITAMIN-B12 AND FOLIC-ACID

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 46  (4) , 427-432
Abstract
A nutritional survey performed in 46 elderly long-term surgical patients in an orthopedic ward showed that, although a sufficient hospital diet was served, the intakes of vitamin B12 were borderline, while the intakes of folate were inadequate in most patients. Low energy intake combined with a high consumption of tidbits in bedridden patients was assumed to be responsible for this malnourishment.