title: Case study of the clinical usefulness of bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy in evaluating nutritional status.
abstract: Bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy (BIS) can be a valuable tool in assessing changes in body composition. Although the validity of BIS in healthy subjects is relatively good, in patients considerably larger measurement errors have been reported. In this article the clinical usefulness of BIS in assessing nutritional status of one case study will be discussed. Interpretation of the predictions of BIS in this unstable patient was difficult. This is in agreement with the consensus that BIS does not give accurate prediction of body composition in individual patients. It is recommended that validation studies of BIS should focus on clinical aspects which can influence BIS measurements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dietetics, Subdivision of Nutritional Assessment, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands. k.barendregt@fmr.hva.nl
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Barendregt
authors.forename: P L M
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Cox-Reijven
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van den Hogen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beijer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Geerlings
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Soeters
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology*; D001834:Body Water; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance