Now we're in the home stretch. It all
comes together here with the recommendation.
Well, it may seem a little
anticlimactic, but here we are with a quantified summary and
recommendation.
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This PG-SGA is best
for evaluating the chronically ill patient who may be in negative
balance.
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It looks at aggregate
nutritional needs, not isolated elements of diet.
The cases that follow will
look at specific clinical situations and within that context we will look
at other specific assessment tools.
The first case is that of an
84 year-old man with shortness
of breath. |
