Bedside nutrition assessment past, present, and future: A review of the subjective global assessment

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 410-416

  Keith, Jeanette N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Nutrition assessment; Subjective global assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SUBJECTIVE GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HISTORY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; STANDARD;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 58149330640     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533608321215     Document Type: Review

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