Summary
This August 2013 “Evidence Update” on Nutrition Support in Adults presents a summary of selected new evidence of relevance to the NICE (2006) Clinical Guideline “Nutrition support in adults: oral nutrition support, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition” (CG32). Section headings in this evidence update cover:
- Key points.
- Commentary on new evidence.
- Organisation of nutrition support in hospital and the community.
- Screening for malnutrition and the risk of malnutrition in hospital and the community.
- Indications for nutrition support in hospital and the community.
- What to give in hospital and the community.
- Monitoring of nutrition support in hospital and the community.
- Oral nutrition support in hospital and the community.
- Enteral tube feeding in hospital and the community.
- Parenteral nutrition in hospital and the community.
- Supporting patients in the community.
- Areas not currently covered by NICE CG32.
- New evidence uncertainties.
- Appendices.
Reference
Nutrition support in adults. Evidence Update 46. Manchester: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, August 2013.
[A brief reference to this item features in Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWNHST), Volume 3 Issue 9, August 2013].
