Nutrition and hydration in geriatric patients in palliative care

Abstract

Nutrition and hydration play a key role in geriatric palliative care. Malnutrition is very common in the elderly.

Pregressive cachexia is an indicator of a severe prognosis in geriatric patients in palliative care.

Keywords

• palliative care
• terminal care
• nutrition
• hydration
• hypodermoclysis
• percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy