title: Nutrition reconciliation and nutrition prophylaxis: toward total health.
abstract: Malnutrition by definition may be an abnormality in either under- or overnutrition. Nutrition reconciliation means that all patients have their nutritional status reconciled on admission to and discharge from the hospital. Nutrition reconciliation is defined as the process of maximizing health by helping align an individual's current diet to the diet prescribed for him or her by the health care team. Nutrition prophylaxis is a proactive intervention to prevent a medical complication.
authors.affiliation: Nephrologist at the Antelope Valley Medical Center in CA. phillip.j.tuso@kp.org.
authors.forename: Phillip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tuso
authors.affiliation: Director of Nutritional and Technical Services at PurFoods, LLC in Ankeny, IA. sam.beattie@purfoods.com.
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beattie
mesh_terms: D002149:Energy Intake; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D014481:United States