Validated screening tools for the assessment of cachexia, sarcopenia, and malnutrition: a systematic review.

Conclusions: No single validated screening tool can be implemented for the simultaneous assessment of cachexia, sarcopenia, and malnutrition. The development of a tool that encompasses consensus definition criteria and directs clinicians toward the underlying diagnosis would be optimal to target treatment and improve outcomes. We propose that tool should incorporate a stepwise assessment of nutritional status, oral intake, disease status, age, muscle mass and function, and metabolic derangement.
PMID: 30541096 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Am J Clin Nutr - December 1, 2018 Category: Nutrition Authors: Miller J, Wells L, Nwulu U, Currow D, Johnson MJ, Skipworth RJE Tags: Am J Clin Nutr Source Type: research