Since 2003, the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) has been advocated as a method for identifying these at-risk patients. Screening should take place on admission; however, the Trust has set a stretch target of aiming to document the score accurately within 6 h of admission.Methods...
This chapter focuses on screening for undernutrition caused by a reduction in body mass as a result of protein and energy deficiency and includes acute or chronic disease-related undernutrition. A quick and easy screening stage can be used to screen out those in a population who are not at ris...
Therefore, since it was believed that nutritional screening could produce significant benefits for patients and that the Burton Score may be a useful tool for a screening program, further validation was carried out. Validation Study Validation of the Burton score was carried out in conjunction with...
Six out of eight SCICs used a validated nutritional screening tool. Thirty-two work sampling tool were analysed, dietitians spend 39.1% of the working day in direct patient-related activities. Dietetic staffing levels are varied and below clinical recommendations in 6 out of 8 SCICs. Conclusion ...
Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustJournal of Human Nutrition and DieteticsTammam, JD , Gardner, L & Hickson, M ( 2009 ) Validity, reliability and acceptability of the Imperial Nutritional Screening System (INSYST): a tool that does not require the body mass index . Journal of Human ...
Nutritional Screening in a Specialist Palliative Care HospiceNutrition is very important in all patientgroups - hospice patients being no different. Good nutrition, hydration and enjoyablemealtimes can dramatically increase healthand well-being; a failure to provide support, lack of good quality ...
This study aimed to undertake a systematic review investigating the reporting of nutritional screening, nutritional status, and nutritional intake/delivery in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating nutritional and/or physical rehabilitation on physical and functional recovery during and following ...
Malnutrition screening using the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) tool (BAPEN, 2003) was introduced to East Cheshire NHS Trust on 1 March 2008 following training of ward nursing staff in using the tool. The aim of this audit was to evaluate whether East Cheshire NHS Trust is ...
A 12-month pilot dietetic service was funded by the locality commissioning group to address these issues.Methods: Care home staff used an approved nutritional screening tool to identify a new resident requiring nutritional support. The patient's GP or care home staff faxed a request for assessment...
Methods Patients ( n =111) were included from a South West hospital, and Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool scores (MUST) categorised patients as 'nutritionally well' (MUST 0) or 'nutritionally vulnerable' (MUST≥1). Individual energy and protein requirements were estimated using weight‐based ...