Nutrition Assessment

"Nutrition Assessment" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Evaluation and measurement of nutritional variables in order to assess the level of nutrition or the NUTRITIONAL STATUS of the individual. NUTRITION SURVEYS may be used in making the assessment.

Descriptor ID	D015596
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.308.585 N05.715.360.300.560 N06.850.505.557 N06.850.520.308.585
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Nutrition Assessment".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Data Collection [E05.318.308]
Nutrition Assessment [E05.318.308.585]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Data Collection [N05.715.360.300]
Nutrition Assessment [N05.715.360.300.560]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Nutrition Assessment [N06.850.505.557]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
Nutrition Assessment [N06.850.520.308.585]

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Bar chart showing 39 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2009 and 2017 and 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1999	1	0	1
2000	0	1	1
2002	0	1	1
2003	1	0	1
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1
2007	0	2	2
2009	1	3	4
2010	0	2	2
2011	0	1	1
2013	1	0	1
2014	1	0	1
2015	0	3	3
2016	0	2	2
2017	0	4	4
2018	1	1	2
2019	2	1	3
2021	0	1	1
2022	0	2	2
2024	1	3	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Nutrition Assessment" by people in Profiles.

Ezeonu T, Narayanan R, Alfonsi S, Lee Y, Gibbons JL, McCormick C, Spring J, Kozlowski G, Mangan JJ, Canseco JA, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD, Kepler CK. Impact of the Prognostic Nutritional Index on Outcomes in Native Spine Infection. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2025 Mar 15; 50(6):389-394.

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Cheng C, England E. Nutrition: Macronutrients. FP Essent. 2024 Apr; 539:7-12.

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England E, Cheng C. Nutrition: Malnutrition and Dietary Intake Modification. FP Essent. 2024 Apr; 539:18-22.

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Smith LO, Vest MT, Rovner AJ, Caplan RJ, Trabulsi JC, Patel JB, Meng SW, Shapero M, Earthman CP. Malnutrition and pectoralis muscle index in medical intensive care unit patients: A matched cohort study. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2024 04; 48(3):300-307.

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Lombardo J, Schmucker AM, Keith SW, Ronghe A, Smith A, Ali AS, Niazi M, Denton M, Swartz K, Chapman A, Simone NL. Markers and associations of nutrition identified in a senior adult oncology clinic. J Geriatr Oncol. 2023 01; 14(1):101388.

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Kregel HR, Murphy PB, Attia M, Meyer DE, Morris RS, Onyema EC, Adams SD, Wade CE, Harvin JA, Kao LS, Puzio TJ. The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index as a predictor of complications in geriatric trauma patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 08 01; 93(2):195-199.

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Felpel K, Palmese L, Urrutia L, Zhang Z, Shapero M, Esbenshade J, Hamid S, Vest MT. Nutritional assessment and comparison of nutritional indices in predicting adverse outcomes in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation. Nutrition. 2021 09; 89:111287.

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Phillips CA, Bailer J, Foster E, Li Y, Dogan P, Smith E, Reilly A, Freedman J. Evaluation of an automated pediatric malnutrition screen using anthropometric measurements in the electronic health record: a quality improvement initiative. Support Care Cancer. 2020 Apr; 28(4):1659-1666.

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Milliron BJ, Bruneau M, Obeid E, Gross L, Bealin L, Smaltz C, Giri VN. Diet assessment among men undergoing genetic counseling and genetic testing for inherited prostate cancer: Exploring a teachable moment to support diet intervention. Prostate. 2019 05; 79(7):778-783.

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Belthur M, Bosch L, Wood W, Boan C, Miller F, Shrader MW. Perioperative management of patients with cerebral palsy undergoing scoliosis surgery: Survey of surgeon practices. J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2019; 12(2):205-212.

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