1. Consensus Statement: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
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Gordon L. Jensen, Peggi Guenter, Ainsley Malone, Jane V. White, and Marsha Schofield
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Subcutaneous Fat ,Psychological intervention ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Clinical nutrition ,Documentation ,Nutrition care ,Terminology as Topic ,Weight Loss ,medicine ,Edema ,Humans ,Intensive care medicine ,Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures ,Inflammation ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Hand Strength ,Clinical Laboratory Techniques ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Standardized approach ,Malnutrition ,medicine.disease ,Muscular Atrophy ,Parenteral nutrition ,Energy Intake ,business - Abstract
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Academy) and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) recommend that a standardized set of diagnostic characteristics be used to identify and document adult malnutrition in routine clinical practice. An etiologically based diagnostic nomenclature that incorporates a current understanding of the role of the inflammatory response on malnutrition's incidence, progression, and resolution is proposed. Universal use of a single set of diagnostic characteristics will facilitate malnutrition's recognition, contribute to more valid estimates of its prevalence and incidence, guide interventions, and influence expected outcomes. This standardized approach will also help to more accurately predict the human and financial burdens and costs associated with malnutrition's prevention and treatment and further ensure the provision of high-quality, cost-effective nutrition care.
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- 2012
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