title: Nutritional assessment. A practical approach.
abstract: The early identification of patients with existing malnutrition or those at risk of developing malnutrition, has important implications for both short and long term outcomes. A comprehensive nutritional assessment provides accurate baseline data from which calorie and protein goals are defined and a patient tailored nutrient prescription is generated. This article presents a rational, systematic approach to nutritional assessment, including 2 assessment tools, that can be applied to patients in any health care setting.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nutrition Support Services, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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authors.lastname: Evans-Stoner
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis