Chronic disease-related malnutrition and muscle wasting are highly prevalent conditions that are associated with prolonged hospital stays, higher morbidity and mortality, and increased economic burden. Nutritional assessment of patients with chronic diseases should be conducted for the early detection and management of malnutrition.
Accurate nutritional assessment at the time of disease diagnosis and during treatment follow-up is necessary. However, nutritional evaluation is not a routine practice in the clinical setting and procedures need to be standardized. Also, despite several tools proving useful for assessing nutritional status in general population, they may be not valid in the context of chronic diseases such heart failure, renal failure, liver disease, arthritis and cancer, where malnutrition may coexist with fluid overload. Fat-free mass (FFM) and fat mass (FM) depend on the two-component model of body composition and normal hydration. Therefore, any evaluation in a clinical patient population with apparent altered hydration must first assess hydration. Also, because bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy (BIS) provides segmental measurements that are summed, which may not be appropriate biophysically, manuscripts that include these devices will not be accepted.
The purpose of this Research Topic is to offer an insight into the current and novel nutritional assessment tools for malnutrition identification and monitoring in patients with chronic disease.
We welcome Original Research, Shorter article, Review and Mini-review articles. Manuscripts that include spectroscopy devices will not be accepted.
Chronic disease-related malnutrition and muscle wasting are highly prevalent conditions that are associated with prolonged hospital stays, higher morbidity and mortality, and increased economic burden. Nutritional assessment of patients with chronic diseases should be conducted for the early detection and management of malnutrition.
Accurate nutritional assessment at the time of disease diagnosis and during treatment follow-up is necessary. However, nutritional evaluation is not a routine practice in the clinical setting and procedures need to be standardized. Also, despite several tools proving useful for assessing nutritional status in general population, they may be not valid in the context of chronic diseases such heart failure, renal failure, liver disease, arthritis and cancer, where malnutrition may coexist with fluid overload. Fat-free mass (FFM) and fat mass (FM) depend on the two-component model of body composition and normal hydration. Therefore, any evaluation in a clinical patient population with apparent altered hydration must first assess hydration. Also, because bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy (BIS) provides segmental measurements that are summed, which may not be appropriate biophysically, manuscripts that include these devices will not be accepted.
The purpose of this Research Topic is to offer an insight into the current and novel nutritional assessment tools for malnutrition identification and monitoring in patients with chronic disease.
We welcome Original Research, Shorter article, Review and Mini-review articles. Manuscripts that include spectroscopy devices will not be accepted.
