Nutritional assessment in the community hospital.
Innovative technics in the recognition and treatment of malnutrition in hospitalized patients have blossomed in the past decade. A comprehensive nutritional assessment program available in larger institutions has been adapted for use in a community hospital. The procedure of nutritional assessment and its interpretation as employed in 50 hospitalized patients is presented, and therapeutic implications of the assessment are summarized.
D005260:Female; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis