The assessment of nutritional status in surgical patients.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the reliability of clinical assessments of nutritional status in surgical patients.


METHODS
Prospective observer assessment.


RESULTS
In this study, clinical estimates of nutritional well-being have been compared with objective markers of nutritional status. Clinicians tended to under-diagnose the extent of nutritional depletion.
Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit; D008875:Middle Aged; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D009752:Nutritional Status; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative