Establishment of a Rapid and Precise Nutritional Screening Method for Convalescent Rehabilitation Patients: A Preliminary Study
Kozue Okamoto, Miho Kogirima, Yoshiro Tsuji, Shinsuke Ishino, Hiromasa Inoue · 2024
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Description
Five authors, led by Kozue Okamoto, pilot in 2024 a fast nutrition screening method for patients in recovery rehab wards. Poor nutrition slows healing after stroke and like illnesses. A widely used short screen leans on interviews and may miss or overcall cases in this setting.
Their new method uses six items pulled from medical records alone, with no patient talk needed. It was tested on close to one hundred fifty older patients with brain vessel disease. The new screen flagged far fewer patients as malnourished than the standard one. The authors argue it may sort true cases with more care, and call for larger checks.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kozue Okamoto, Miho Kogirima, Yoshiro Tsuji, Shinsuke Ishino, Hiromasa Inoue |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |