Involuntary weight loss.
Involuntary weight loss remains an important and challenging clinical problem, with a high degree of morbidity and mortality. Because of the frequency of finding a serious underlying diagnosis, clinicians must be thorough in assessment, keeping in mind a broad range of possible causes. Although prediction scores exist, they have not been broadly validated; therefore, clinical judgment remains ever essential.
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 4245 Roosevelt Way Northeast, Box 354760, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. Electronic address: cjwong@uw.edu.
Christopher J
CJ
Wong
D001835:Body Weight; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D019282:Wasting Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D015431:Weight Loss
Diagnosis; Etiology; Involuntary weight loss; Malignancy; Prognosis; Unexplained weight loss; Unintended weight loss; Unintentional weight loss