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Nutritional Assessment
註釋Abstract: A reference text for clinical nutritionists discusses and illustrates the assessment techniques and standards currently in use for diagnosing the nutritional state of patients. The text material is organized into 4 sections: methods for recognizing nutritional deficiencies; the development and meaning of the various anthropometric measurements; clinical laboratory results and their role in assessing nutritional status; and methods for recognizing the physical signs of malnutrition and hypo- and hyper-nutritional states. The characteristics and development of a nutritional intervention plan and 7 case studies requiring interpretations of the results from nutritional assessments are appended. Numerous reference data and guidelines are presented throughout the text concerning the nutritional assessment methods.