Review Article
Food for Thought: The Effects of Nutritional Support on Outcomes in Hospitalized Elderly Patients and the Critically Ill
Table 5
Effect of nutritional supplementation on pressure ulcer healing and adhesion molecules.
| | Parameter | Study group | Control group | value |
| | CD18 lymphocytes- (%-) baseline to day 7 of study | 24.4 ± 27.4 to 45.2 ± 33.2 | 48.1 ± 38.1 to 33.1 ± 24.1 | <0.05 |
| | CD11a lymphocytes- (%-) baseline to day 7 of study | 54.4 ± 40.3 to 70.8 ± 39 | 61 ± 43 to 68.7 ± 35.6 | <0.05 |
| | CD49b lymphocytes- (%-) baseline to day 7 of study | 48.7 ± 45.7 to 83.3 ± 34.4 | 47.3 ± 46.8 to 39.1 ± 42.1 | <0.05 |
| | PUSH tool total score-baseline to day 7 of study | 9.25 to 10.75 | 9.10 to 8.79 | <0.05 |
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PUSH: pressure ulcer scale for healing.
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