Nutritional assessment.
Hospital-based malnutrition continues to be an important comorbidity affecting clinical outcomes. Knowledge of performing an appropriate nutrition assessment and implementing a rational nutrition therapy should be part of any patient's hospital plan of care. Familiarity with nutrition assessment scoring systems and nutrition assessment tools should be part of any gastroenterologist's expertise. Assessment of a patient's caloric and protein needs should be part of any hospital patient's clinical evaluation.
DeLegge
Mark H
MH
Digestive Disease Center, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, 210 Clinical Science Building, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. deleggem@musc.edu
Drake
Luke M
LM
D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D008403:Mass Screening; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D044623:Nutrition Therapy; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012307:Risk Factors
D001798:Blood Proteins