Why the study?
Does subjective global assessment (SGA) provide reproducible ratings of nutritional status in hospitalized patients before gastrointestinal surgery?
Population
202 hospitalized patients before gastrointestinal surgery
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Supports SGA reproducibility pre-GI surgery; leaves open prospective outcome validation before wider adoption.
Does subjective global assessment (SGA) provide reproducible ratings of nutritional status in hospitalized patients before gastrointestinal surgery?
Subjective global assessment is a reproducible clinical technique for evaluating nutritional status based on history and physical examination.
Detsky et al. (1987) studied this question.
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