Malnutrition screening on hospital admission: impact of overweight and obesity on comparative performance of MUST and PG-SGA SF.
Iris M Y van VlietAntonio W Gomes NetoMargriet F C de JongStephan J L BakkerHarriët Jager-WittenaarGerjan J NavisPublished in: European journal of clinical nutrition (2021)
More than one-third of overweight/obese patients is at risk for malnutrition at hospital admission according to PG-SGA SF. Most of them are not identified by MUST. Awareness of BMI-dependency of malnutrition screening instruments and potential underestimation of malnutrition risk in overweight/obese patients by using these instruments is warranted.