Nutritional Assessment and Planning in Clinical Care

For much of the past century, the role of nutrition in health care was eclipsedby achievements that transformed medical intervention. Greater knowledgeof micronutrient requirements and advances in public health eradicatedmost nutrient deficiencies. At the same time, pharmacologic and surgical cures relegated Nutritional care to a minor position among treatmentoptions (Feldman, 2000). As a result of these and other technologic break-throughs, Nutritional Assessment assumed a low priority in patient , however, a better understanding of the complex interplay betweennutrition and health has restored Nutritional Assessment to a position of keyimportance in patient , a designation used frequently in discussions of nutritionalassessment, is a broad and at times misleading term. In general, malnutri-tionrefers to a condition caused by a deficiency of nutrient intake orimpaired nutrient absorption.

NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT IN CLINICAL CARE Nutritional Assessment for Acutely Ill Patients The 1970s saw a resurgence of interest in the role of nutrition in health care

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