Cancer - Neutropenia

Nutrition Care Process (Toolkits)

Last Updated: 2021-05-04 Target Group: All Adults, All children(0-12 yr.), Youth(13-17 yr.)

Nutrition Assessment

The nutrition assessment of a child or an adult who has been diagnosed with neutropenia may include the following parameters using NCP terminology.

Nutrition screening tools such as the PG-SGA (Patient-generated Subjective Global Assessment) may be used.

Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation

Indicators that may be monitored during the nutrition monitoring and evaluation include those used in the assessment from the table below:

Anthropometric Measurements
Height/Length Weight