Mini Nutritional Assessment - Short Form Is a Useful Malnutrition Screening Tool in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis, Using the Global Leadership Initiative for Malnutrition Criteria as the Gold Standard.
Diego Casas DezaMaría Elena Betoré GlariaAlejandro Sanz-ParísMiguel Lafuente BlascoEva María Fernández BonillaVanesa Bernal MonterdeJose Miguel Arbones-MainarJavier Fuentes OlmoPublished in: Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (2021)
According to the GLIM criteria, malnutrition affected 38.1% of patients with cirrhosis, being severe in 22% of the patients. MNA-SF is the most accurate screening test, superior even to tools specifically designed for cirrhotic patients (LDUST).