JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
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JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr · Mar 2015
Physical assessment and anthropometric measures for use in clinical research conducted in critically ill patient populations: an analytic observational study.
Accurate assessment of nutrition status is essential in identifying subpopulations of critically ill patients who are malnourished and at higher mortality risk. The aim of this analytic observational study was to assess the performance of physical assessment and anthropometric measures commonly used in clinical research. ⋯ On the basis of the results of our ICU cohort, we recommend caution when using BMI categorized according to WHO definitions. We cannot recommend collection of TSF. More research is required to understand reliability, performance, and use before our results are able to be generalized to other ICU populations.