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Dysphagia

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Nutrition Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation

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Nutrition Assessment
All individuals with or at risk of dysphagia should be assessed for nutritional status (2). The initial assessment of nutrition status provides a baseline to compare against. See Additional Content: Does dysphagia assessment and management fall within a dietitian’s scope of practice? 
 
Factors to consider in the nutritional assessment of an individual who has dysphagia may include the following parameters using NCP terminology in the table below.
 
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Last Updated: 2023-04-13

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