Comparison of a malnutrition screening tool with subjective global assessment in hospitalised patients with cancer - Sensitivity and specificity

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-260

  Bauer, Judith ^a,b   Capra, Sandra ^b  

^a Wesley Research Institute   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nutrition assessment; Nutrition screening; Subjective global assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER PATIENT; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AUSTRALIA; CACHEXIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUSTRALIA; CACHEXIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

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