Malnutrition predicts poorer clinical outcomes for people with cancer. Older adults with
cancer are a complex, growing population at high risk of weight-losing conditions. A number …

Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) and inflammation are common and usually concurrent in
maintenance dialysis patients. Many factors that appear to lead to these 2 conditions …

Summary Background & aims The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM)
proposed a new framework for diagnosing malnutrition based on combinations of …

Background: In hospitals, length of stay (LOS) is a priority but it may be prolonged by
malnutrition. This study seeks to determine the contributors to malnutrition at admission and …

Background & aims Reducing length of stay (LOS) is a priority for hospitals but patients'
decline in nutritional status may have a negative impact. The aims of the study were to …

Background There is great overlap between the presentation of cachexia, sarcopenia, and
malnutrition. Distinguishing between these conditions would allow for better targeted …

Nutritional assessment of patients with chronic kidney disease is a vital function of health
care providers. Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) is a tool that uses 5 components of a …

Despite the growing number of frail and older patients with eGFR< 45 mL/min/1.73 m2, most
studies still exclude this population, so providing guidance on the management of these …

Background: The subjective global assessment of nutritional status (SGA) is used to assess
the nutritional status of chronic dialysis patients, but longitudinal data in relation to mortality …

OBJECTIVE: Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) is a nutrition assessment tool
recommended by the 2000 NKF K/DOQI Nutrition Guidelines. However, the validity and …