title: Nutritional assessment.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Digestive Disease Center, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, 210 Clinical Science Building, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. deleggem@musc.edu
authors.forename: Mark H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: DeLegge
authors.forename: Luke M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Drake
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins