NICE guidance for screening for malnutrition: Implications for lung cancer services [4]

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Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 835-

  Chauhan, Alpna ^a   Siddall, Vanessa ^a   Wilcock, Andrew ^a   Mallawathanrri, Sugamya ^a   Baldwin, David R ^a   Johnston, Ian D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 34548745114     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.075051     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). Nutrition support in adults: oral supplements, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition, National Institute for Clinical Excellence, 2006. Available from www.nice.org.uk.
2. Baldwin C, McGough C, Norman AR, et al. Failure of dietetic referral in patients with gastrointestinal cancer and weight loss. Eur J Cancer 2006;42:2504-9.
3. Elia M. Screening for malnutrition: a multidisciplinary responsibility. Development and use of the 'Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool' (MUST) for adults, MAG, a standing committee of BAPEN, 2003. Available from www.BAPEN.org.uk.