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Critical care clinics · Jan 2021
ReviewNutritional Assessment: A Primary Component of the Multidimensional Geriatric Assessment in the Intensive Care Unit.
- Randeep S Jawa, Rajeev B Patel, and David H Young.
- Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine, HSC Level 18, Room 040, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8191, USA. Electronic address: Randeep.jawa@stonybrookmedicine.edu.
- Crit Care Clin. 2021 Jan 1; 37 (1): 205-219.
AbstractThe importance of evaluating and adjusting the nutritional state of critically ill patients has become a core principle of care. This article focuses on tools for the nutritional assessment of geriatric intensive care unit patients, including a review of imaging and other standardized techniques for evaluation of muscle mass, an indicator of malnutrition and sarcopenia. It concludes with a discussion of the interplay of malnutrition, reduced muscle mass/sarcopenia, and frailty. The goal of this multidimensional assessment is to identify those at risk and thereby initiate interventions to improve outcomes.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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