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Recognition of protein-calorie malnutrition may be obvious in the patient who evidences a 30% weight loss due to an obstructing esophageal carcinoma or the patient with multiple fistulae and intra-abdominal abscess after major colonic surgery. The Established benefit of metabohc support of such patients has been well documented.1,2 However, the early recognition of malnutrition and identification of the patient population at risk of progressing into a nutritional bankruptcy is a new challenge to the surgeon involved in day to day patient care.
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Kaminski, M.V., Ruggiero, R.P., Mills, C.B. (1981). Nutritional Assessment. In: Barness, L.A., Coble, Y.D., MacDonald, D.I., Christakis, G. (eds) Nutrition and Medical Practice. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6695-9_7
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