title: Advances in nutritional care of medical-surgical patients.
abstract: Malnutrition and its related complications occur at an alarming rate in medical-surgical patients. New technology and other advances in clinical nutrition can now significantly enhance the nutritional care that medical-surgical nurses provide to their patients.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Keithley
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Kohn
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000451:nursing; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy