R Wirth

Summary

Affiliation: Klinik für Akutgeriatrie
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. [Bioelectric impedance analysis in the diagnosis of malnutrition]
    R Wirth
    Klinik für Akutgeriatrie, St Marien Hospital Borken GmbH, Am Boltenhof 7, 46322 Borken, Germany
    Z Gerontol Geriatr 38:315-21
  2. [Vitamins and trace elements in nutrition. Update 2005]
    Rainer Wirth
    Klinik für Akutgeriatrie, St Marien Hospital Borken
    Med Klin (Munich) 101:163-6
  3. Cognitive function, body weight and body composition in geriatric patients
    R Wirth
    Klinik für Akutgeriatrie, St Marien Hospital Borken GmbH, 46322 Borken, Germany
    Z Gerontol Geriatr 40:13-20
  4. [PEG tube placement in German geriatric wards - a retrospective data-base analysis]
    R Wirth
    Klinik für Akutgeriatrie, St Marien Hospital Borken GmbH, Am Boltenhof 7, 46322 Borken, Germany
    Z Gerontol Geriatr 40:21-30
  5. Necrotizing Candida infection after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a fatal and rare complication
    Rainer Wirth
    Clinic for Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, St Marien Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany
    JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 32:285-7

Detail Information

Publications5

  1. [Bioelectric impedance analysis in the diagnosis of malnutrition]
    R Wirth
    Klinik für Akutgeriatrie, St Marien Hospital Borken GmbH, Am Boltenhof 7, 46322 Borken, Germany
    Z Gerontol Geriatr 38:315-21
    ..In this study there was no good correlation of the BIA-calculated body-fat mass and fat-free mass with the observed nutritional parameters...
  2. [Vitamins and trace elements in nutrition. Update 2005]
    Rainer Wirth
    Klinik für Akutgeriatrie, St Marien Hospital Borken
    Med Klin (Munich) 101:163-6
    ..The intention of supplementation in this field is the coverage of nutritional requirements and the therapy of specific nutritional deficiencies, which should be compensated, even though scientific evidence in some fields is weak...
  3. Cognitive function, body weight and body composition in geriatric patients
    R Wirth
    Klinik für Akutgeriatrie, St Marien Hospital Borken GmbH, 46322 Borken, Germany
    Z Gerontol Geriatr 40:13-20
    ..Future studies on weight loss in dementia should consider gender-related differences in body composition and weight loss...
  4. [PEG tube placement in German geriatric wards - a retrospective data-base analysis]
    R Wirth
    Klinik für Akutgeriatrie, St Marien Hospital Borken GmbH, Am Boltenhof 7, 46322 Borken, Germany
    Z Gerontol Geriatr 40:21-30
    ..3%). In all 27 775 analyzed geriatric patients, a diagnosis related to malnutrition was coded in only 7.0%, although sufficient data show a prevalence of about 50% in elderly hospital patients...
  5. Necrotizing Candida infection after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a fatal and rare complication
    Rainer Wirth
    Clinic for Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, St Marien Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany
    JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 32:285-7
    ..In patients with probable immunodeficiency or visible candidiasis of the skin, oropharynx, or esophagus, a Candida infection should be considered in case of a gastrostomy site infection...