Nutritional screening and dietitian consultation rates in a geriatric evaluation and management unit.

Rachel C AmbagtsheerOlivia WrightEmiel O HoogendijkRuth E Hubbard

Published in: Nutrition & dietetics: the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia (2017)

The full benefits of nutritional screening by MNA-SF may not be realised if it does not result in malnourished patients receiving a dietitian consultation. However, it is possible that enrichment of the foodservice with high protein/high-energy options minimised patient weight loss in the GEMU.

Keyphrases

weight loss
palliative care
bariatric surgery
case report
roux en y gastric bypass
type diabetes
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome