Innovative technics in the recognition and treatment of malnutrition in hospitalized patients have blossomed in the past decade. A comprehensive nutritional assessment program available in larger institutions has been adapted for use in a community hospital. The procedure of nutritional assessment and its interpretation as employed in 50 hospitalized patients is presented, and therapeutic implications of the assessment are summarized.
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Barrocas et al. (1980) studied this question.