Relationship between markers of malnutrition and clinical outcomes in older adults with cancer: systematic review, narrative synthesis and meta-analysis

AF Bullock, SL Greenley, GAG McKenzie… - European journal of …, 2020 - nature.com
Malnutrition predicts poorer clinical outcomes for people with cancer. Older adults with
cancer are a complex, growing population at high risk of weight-losing conditions. A number …

Nutrition screening tools: does one size fit all? A systematic review of screening tools for the hospital setting

PR Guaitoli, EP Jansma, HCW de Vet - Clinical nutrition, 2014 - Elsevier
Background & aims Numerous nutrition screening tools for the hospital setting have been
developed. The aim of this systematic review is to study construct or criterion validity and …

Muscle contractile and metabolic dysfunction is a common feature of sarcopenia of aging and chronic diseases: from sarcopenic obesity to cachexia

G Biolo, T Cederholm, M Muscaritoli - Clinical nutrition, 2014 - Elsevier
Skeletal muscle is the most abundant body tissue accounting for many physiological
functions. However, muscle mass and functions are not routinely assessed. Sarcopenia is …

Malnutrition at hospital admission—contributors and effect on length of stay: a prospective cohort study from the Canadian Malnutrition Task Force

JP Allard, H Keller, KN Jeejeebhoy… - Journal of Parenteral …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background: In hospitals, length of stay (LOS) is a priority but it may be prolonged by
malnutrition. This study seeks to determine the contributors to malnutrition at admission and …

GLIM criteria has fair sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing malnutrition when using SGA as comparator

JP Allard, H Keller, L Gramlich, KN Jeejeebhoy… - Clinical nutrition, 2020 - Elsevier
Summary Background & aims The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM)
proposed a new framework for diagnosing malnutrition based on combinations of …

Subjective global assessment of nutritional status–a systematic review of the literature

J da Silva Fink, PD de Mello, ED de Mello - Clinical nutrition, 2015 - Elsevier
Summary Background & aims Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) is a nutritional
assessment tool widely used in hospital clinical practice, even though it is not exempted of …

Decline in nutritional status is associated with prolonged length of stay in hospitalized patients admitted for 7 days or more: A prospective cohort study

JP Allard, H Keller, KN Jeejeebhoy, M Laporte… - Clinical nutrition, 2016 - Elsevier
Background & aims Reducing length of stay (LOS) is a priority for hospitals but patients'
decline in nutritional status may have a negative impact. The aims of the study were to …

Malnutrition or frailty? Overlap and evidence gaps in the diagnosis and treatment of frailty and malnutrition

CV Laur, T McNicholl, R Valaitis… - Applied Physiology …, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
There is increasing awareness of the detrimental health impact of frailty on older adults and
of the high prevalence of malnutrition in this segment of the population. Experts in these 2 …

Scored-GLIM as an effective tool to assess nutrition status and predict survival in patients with cancer

Q Zhang, K Zhang, X Zhang, M Tang, C Song, M Cong… - Clinical nutrition, 2021 - Elsevier
Summary Background & aims The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM)
released new universal criteria for diagnosing and grading malnutrition, and calls for further …

The two most popular malnutrition screening tools in the light of the new ESPEN consensus definition of the diagnostic criteria for malnutrition

KA Poulia, S Klek, I Doundoulakis, E Bouras… - Clinical Nutrition, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The new definition of malnutrition in adults proposed recently by The European
Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) changed the view on the issue and …