title: Innovations in Calculating Precise Nutrient Intake of Hospitalized Patients.
abstract: Obtaining a detailed assessment of a hospitalized patient's nutrient intake is often critically important to ensuring the patient's successful recovery. However, this process is often laborious and prone to error. Inaccurate nutrient intake assessments result in the inability of the healthcare team to recognize patients with developing nutritional deficits that contribute to delayed recovery and prolonged lengths of stay. This paper describes an innovative, easy to use system designed to increase the precision of calorie count reports by using a combination of photography, direct observation, and a specially developed computer program. Although the system was designed specifically for use in a Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital, it has the potential to be adapted for use in other hospital environments.
authors.affiliation: VISN 16/CAVHS Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC); 2200 Fort Roots Drive, 3J/GRECC; North Little Rock, AR 72114, USA. Sheila.sullivan2@va.gov.
authors.forename: Sheila Cox
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.affiliation: VISN 16/CAVHS Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC); 2200 Fort Roots Drive, 3J/GRECC; North Little Rock, AR 72114, USA. melinda.bopp@va.gov.
authors.forename: Melinda M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Bopp
authors.affiliation: INFO Development Systems, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA. weaverdennisl@uams.edu.
authors.forename: Dennis L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Weaver
authors.affiliation: VISN 16/CAVHS Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC); 2200 Fort Roots Drive, 3J/GRECC; North Little Rock, AR 72114, USA. sullivandennish@uams.edu.|Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA. sullivandennish@uams.edu.
authors.forename: Dennis H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet; D002149:Energy Intake; D005521:Food Service, Hospital; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010781:Photography; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: diet; nutrition assessment; nutrition status; nutritional deficiency; undernutrition