Nutrition Assessment
The nutrition assessment of an individual with critical illness may include the following parameters using NCP terminology in the table below:
Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation
Some of the indicators that were measured in the nutrition assessment can be repeated in the monitoring and evaluation step.
| Anthropometric Measurements - Adults |
- Height
- Weight
- Weight Change (e.g. % weight loss over the past six months)
- BMI
- Body Compartment Estimates (waist circumference)
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| Anthropometric |