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Assessment of nutritional status of critically ill patients using the malnutrition universal screening tool and phase angle

Intensive care
Author
M. Al-Kalaldeh et al.
Used Parameters : Phase Angle

Publication Year : 2018

Country : Jordan

Journal : Topics in Clinical Nutrition

No consensus exists on using a specific screening tool to assess malnutrition in critically ill patients. Thus, we assessed malnutrition in intensive care unit (ICU) patients by comparing similarity of results between the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) and Phase Angle (PhA) measured by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis. A cross-sectional observational study of 321 patients examined their nutritional status at least 1 week after the ICU admission using MUST, PhA, and anthropometric measurements. Diagnoses and Acute …
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