An evaluation of three nutritional screening tools in a Portuguese oncology centre

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 575-583

  Amaral, Teresa F ^a   Antunes, A ^a,b   Cabral, S ^b   Alves, P ^b   Kent Smith, Luiza ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^c Saskatoon Health Region St Pauls Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Malnutrition Screening Tool; Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool; Nutritional Risk Screening 2002; Nutritional screening; Oncology; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MALNUTRITION SCREENING TOOL; MALNUTRITION UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL RISK SCREENING 2002; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PORTUGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; PORTUGAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56249134564     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2008.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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