How to detect non-institutionalized older patients at risk of malnutrition during their hospitalization? Comparison of 8 screening tools for malnutrition or nutritional risk.

I García-FuenteL Corral-GudinoM Gabella-MartínV E Olivet-de-la-FuenteJ Pérez-NietoP Miramontes-González

Published in: Revista clinica espanola (2024)

A comprehensive approach is needed to detect malnutrition in hospitalized patients. More sensitive scales are more useful in initial screening. Nutritional risk tools could be effective at this stage. In a second step, malnutrition should be confirmed according to established criteria such as GLIM.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
clinical evaluation